{"id":145217,"date":"2026-06-30T06:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T06:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/south-african-leader-warns-anti-migrant-protesters-ahead-of-unofficial-deadline\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T06:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T06:03:07","slug":"south-african-leader-warns-anti-migrant-protesters-ahead-of-unofficial-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/south-african-leader-warns-anti-migrant-protesters-ahead-of-unofficial-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"South African leader warns anti-migrant protesters ahead of unofficial deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People intending to protest against migrants should do so without \u201cintimidation, threats or ultimatums\u201d, President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned on the eve of an unofficial deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa.<\/p>\n

Several thousand citizens of other African countries have already left the country in recent weeks fearing violence.<\/p>\n

One undocumented Malawian told the BBC he was \u201chappy to be going back\u201d but \u201cheartbroken\u201d to be leaving behind four young children.<\/p>\n

As protests have ramped up in recent months, Ramaphosa has repeatedly warned demonstrators to act peacefully and responsibly, while also accepting the need for immigration reforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome foreign nationals who live in South Africa are here lawfully,\u201d he\u00a0reminded citizens in his weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey work, study, raise families, invest in our economy and contribute positively to our society. They too are entitled to the protection of our laws and our Constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe right to protest and freedom of expression does not allow people to threaten or intimidate others, or to engage in acts of vandalism or violence,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

There are more than three million documented foreign nationals in South Africa, according to official figures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ahead of the deadline, thousands of migrants have been awaiting processing in temporary camps for several weeks out of fear for their safety.<\/p>\n

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People intending to protest against migrants should do so without \u201cintimidation, threats or ultimatums\u201d, President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned on the eve of an unofficial deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa. Several thousand citizens of other African countries have already left the country in recent weeks fearing violence. One undocumented Malawian told the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}