Racist Pogrom Threat Looms Over South Africa on June 30

South Africa is experiencing an escalation of xenophobic violence, with daily attacks on immigrant-owned shops and mob violence against migrant street vendors. The hostility has been building for years and intensified since March 2025, now gripping the continent's most industrialized nation. Militant racist vigilante groups are forming, and social media openly calls for looting immigrant businesses. In April 2025, an armed racist killed four Ethiopian men during breakfast at a Johannesburg restaurant and left the scene unimpeded. Manhunts are also reported in rural areas. The most dangerous movement is ironically led by former victims of apartheid. The situation is described as being 'in the middle of a fire,' with fears of a pogrom on June 30, 2026.