international broadcaster; June 29 field report from Malawian families sheltering in South Africa

Profiled Malawian families who said they had nowhere to go, quoting one woman who said 'if I am to die, let it be here.' Reported that Malawi's government organised repatriation buses but many families refused to board, fearing loss of their South African livelihoods. Noted that attacks spread from informal settlements to foreign-owned businesses in Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town suburbs.

“'If I am to die, let it be here': Malawians caught between xenophobic violence and economic desperation.”