South Africa attacks and ghosts of the past

In the past few weeks, African migrants have been victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Africans across the continent have been shocked by video footage of violent mobs killing their fellow Africans using crude weapons.

A video that has been circulated widely on social media, shows a woman, said to from Zambia, being beaten severely and her clothes torn apart by a mob. Sexual assault of children and women of women regardless of their age have also been reported.