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South Africa: ANC calls for calm as opposition plans xenophobic rally
SOUTH AFRICA’S government demanded an end to xenophobic violence yesterday ahead of a march whipped up by the opposition.
An anti-immigrant protest is planned for today in Mamelodi township, east of the capital Pretoria.
There have already been two weeks of attacks in the Pretoria West area on immigrants from other African countries and Pakistani shopkeepers.
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