At least 2 Zimbabweans killed in SA clashes

At least 2 Zimbabweans killed in SA clashes

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By Staff Reporter

TWO Zimbabweans were killed on Wednesday in clashes between South Africans and foreigners at a squatter settlement in the capital Pretoria, police said.

Police reinforcements were sent to the Olivienhoutbosch area after renewed violence erupted between South Africans and foreigners returning home after they fled an earlier outbreak of fighting in the same settlement last week, police spokeswoman Katlego Mogale said.

"A group of foreign nationals returned to the settlement after the December 26 incident and were met with resistance from the locals. A fight erupted between the two groups whereby several people were injured and two confirmed dead," Mogale said in a statement.

Public broadcaster SABC radio put the death toll at 5 and added that Zimbabwean and Mozambique nationals were involved in the fighting against South Africans in the squatter settlement.

It was not immediately clear how many people were involved in the violence but calm had been restored and police patrols had been beefed up, Mogale said.

More than a million Mozambicans and Zimbabweans have fled poverty in their own countries for South Africa, attracted by a booming economy and the prospect of jobs.

Many of the immigrants, without work or residency permits, are forced into a life of squalor in settlements where local South Africans resent their presence, accusing them of taking scarce jobs and depressing wages - Reuters
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