President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the nation to announce a raft of new measures to stop illegal migration as tensions rise over anti-foreigner marches and frustrations about high unemployment.

The new plans include tougher action against employers hiring undocumented migrants, dedicated immigration courts to speed up deportations, stronger border security, a biometric population register and harsher

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will dispatch envoys across the African continent and to other parts of the world, as the government intensifies diplomatic efforts to address migration challenges facing the country.

Ramaphosa rejected the xenophobia label and said the aim would be to broaden international

The Mozambican government has said five citizens were killed in "xenophobic attacks" while families were forced to flee their homes in Kleinmond and Gansbaai in the Overberg as anti-immigration protests spread to the Western Cape region in South Africa.

Ghanaian authorities have begun repatriating the first group of citizens from South Africa amid growing fears over anti-immigrant protests and possible xenophobic violence.

Around 300 people were expected to depart from Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport. 800 Ghanaians have registered to return home. Some migrants said they no longer felt safe following protests led by the March and March movement. The movement has