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Cars torched, shops shut as asylum ruling fuels fresh unrest in Soweto and Durban
Residents in Orlando West, Soweto, shut down two spaza shops amid tensions over the asylum ruling. Several vehicles were torched and others vandalised.
South Africa
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Cars were set alight and foreign-owned shops targeted in Durban and Soweto amid protests over a Constitutional Court ruling affecting access to South Africa’s asylum system.
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- 26 words · 1 min read
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- October 9, 2026
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- IOL