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Zimbabweans and other foreigners warned to leave Johannesburg township
18 Oct 2011 at 11:49hrs | Views
Johannesburg - Residents in the township of Alexandra, in the north of Johannesburg, have put up posters warning foreigners to vacate RDP houses, police said on Tuesday.
"They are delivering pamphlets to those living in RDP houses," said Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela.
The SABC reported that residents had given the foreigners seven days to vacate the houses in the township.
Residents had hung up posters which read: "You are violating our rights to own our RDP houses".
In one of the letters handed out, they said: "The residents of Alexandra don't want ... xenophobia unless you give them a cause to do so", the public broadcaster reported.
In another letter they said: "We demand that you vacate at your own free will without being pushed like animals or aliens".
Tensions were simmering between residents and foreigners.
"They are delivering pamphlets to those living in RDP houses," said Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela.
The SABC reported that residents had given the foreigners seven days to vacate the houses in the township.
Residents had hung up posters which read: "You are violating our rights to own our RDP houses".
In one of the letters handed out, they said: "The residents of Alexandra don't want ... xenophobia unless you give them a cause to do so", the public broadcaster reported.
In another letter they said: "We demand that you vacate at your own free will without being pushed like animals or aliens".
Tensions were simmering between residents and foreigners.
Source - Sapa
