Johannesburg. A wave of violence has swept through South Africa’s townships. Sources on the ground report that groups of armed men, brandishing machetes and other crude weapons, have been systematically hunting down foreign nationals.
The British embassy in Pretoria has just issued an urgent security alert, advising all British citizens to avoid non-essential travel to affected areas. This is the same pattern we have seen before. The same hatred.
The same official silence. Unconfirmed reports put the death toll at three, but we know from experience that the real number is always higher. The machetes are out.
The politicians are quiet. And the blood is on the streets.
