LAST year’s deadly xenophobic attacks were the result of deliberate efforts by specific individuals in the informal trading sector to drive away competition by businesses owned by foreign nationals.Releasing two crucial reports on the Special Reference Group on Migration and Community Integration in KwaZulu-Natal’s findings and recommendations‚ the chair, Judge Navi Pillay, said perceptions of what occurred at KwaJeena’s Supermarket in Isipingo at the end of March last year served as a trigger for violent attacks‚ looting and widespread criminality in the province."Stakeholders across a wide range of sectors of society overwhelmingly identified this labour dispute as the catalyst for the violence‚" she explained."Government institutions responsible for investigating the reported dispute highlighted that‚ contrary to common belief‚ KwaJeena’s neither hired foreign nationals nor employed them as labour during this dispute. Perceptions that KwaJeena’s hired foreign national labour none...
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