SA endures more threats of xenophobic violence

Truck drivers have threatened to shut down the country's highways. They are protesting against the employment of foreign nationals in various sectors of our economy and want government to intervene.

A poster is also circulating on social media, calling for foreign owned shops to be shut down, and for a mass deportation of foreigners.

Could xenophobia be rearing its ugly head in South Africa again?

For more on this, we spoke to Ebrahim Rasool, One Africa Director and South Africa’s former ambassador to the US.