How xenophobia went viral in South Africa

South Africa is experiencing an disfigured question of xenophobia driven by a coordinated integer run by anti-migrant groups.

As prejudiced rhetoric seeps into mainstream quality coverage, a increasing fig of South African journalists are trying to fig retired who’s truly pulling the strings down the movement.

Contributors: 
Qaanitah Hunter – Host, The Debrief
Aimee-Noel Mbiyozo – Senior probe consultant, Institute for Security Studies
Haru Mutasa – Correspondent, Al Jazeera English
Herman Wasserman – Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University

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