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A number of foreign nationals who own businesses in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape are counting the cost of damage that looting has caused after locals went on the rampage.
 
The locals accuse the foreign nationals of being behind a spate of murders in the city since last month when five bodies were found without private parts.
 
The looting began in Joza township and quickly spread to other parts such as extension 6 and Vukani location.
 

Foreigners living in a temporary shelter at Isipingo Beach, south of Durban, following April 2015 xenophobic attacks have put up their own shacks after the eThekwini municipality removed the tents they were living in.
 
Spokesperson for the refugees at the camp, Daniel Dunia, states that, “Government officials removed everything over the weekend and told us to leave the camp,” adding that, “The situation is very bad here. There is no food, or anything, as the officials are blocking donors who want to come in and offer assistance.”
 

The Malawian government states that it would help repatriate its citizens from South Africa following an outbreak of xenophobic violence in Durban that has left four people dead.
 
Malawi’s information Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, warns that, "The situation is really tense as about 360 Malawians are stranded in South Africa following xenophobic attacks there."
 
He further adds that the Malawians targeted have "lost everything", including their passports.
 

The African Diaspora Forum has compared xenophobia to apartheid.

The Forum’s chairperson, Marc Gbaffou, points out that, “If people are being chased and burnt because of their origins, means we are facing a huge challenge.”

Gbaffou says that migrants in South Africa are not here to take away the wealth of this country, also appealing to locals to rather allow foreign nationals doing business here to share business ideas with them.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says they are hopeful that attacks on foreign nationals that took place in Soweto are coming to an end.

Speaking on the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Morning Live programme, SAHRC chairperson, Lawrence Mushwana, said it is unacceptable that foreign national are being targeted and their shops are being looted.

Attacks on foreign-owned shops were sparked on Monday, after a 14-year-old boy was killed by a Somali shopkeeper in Soweto, Johannesburg.