Outcry After Anti-Immigrant Comments by South African Mayor

Protesters picketed outside the offices of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba after he declared "war against illegality" and linked undocumented immigrants with criminality in the city.

Protesters picketed against xenophobic comments reportedly made by Mayor Herman Mashaba.

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