PHOTOS: 400 Malawians Arrive Home Country After Fleeing Xenophobic Attacks In SA

«§» 22 April 2015

Foreigners fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa told Tuesday of how they escaped marauding death mobs and vowed never to return to the country where they had sought a new life.



Holding her one-year-old daughter in her arms, Agnes Salanje from Malawi said she “faced death” during the wave of anti-immigrant violence that has claimed at least seven lives.

“We could have been killed as these South Africans hunted for foreigners, going from door to door,” Salanje, who was a domestic worker in the Indian Ocean port city of Durban, told AFP.

Nearly 400 Malawians arrived overnight in the city of Blantyre in the south of the country, where they were met by government ministers and officials.


Malawians fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa disembark a bus in Blantyre on April 20, 2015 after being repatriated ©Bonex Julius (AFP)


The attacks on foreigners have sparked anger and protests against South Africa across the rest of the continent.

Salanje, who was paid $200 a month, said she escaped the attackers after being “tipped off by a good neighbour and we ran to a mosque to seek shelter.”

“I will not go back. It is better to be poor than be hunted like dogs because you are a foreigner,” she said.

“I lost everything. I only managed to grab a few clothes for myself and my baby Linda.”

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Posted: at 22-04-2015 05:55 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

 

Posted: at 22-04-2015 08:11 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Nigerians no go agree come home now o. like say na our country bad pass.

Posted: at 23-04-2015 07:34 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

South africans go regret dis action for d rest of their life even if dis issue is settled. Wait and see wat next. They have planted a very bad seed dat will germinate into a horrible friut.

Posted: at 23-04-2015 10:18 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Too bad

Posted: at 19-08-2015 07:47 PM (8 years ago) | Hero