As the World Economic Forum (WEF) kicked off in Cape Town on Wednesday, SA was awash with negative news headlines.

A wave of anti-immigrant violence swept through Johannesburg and Pretoria this week with groups of people attacking and looting shops, mainly owned by foreigners, while hundreds of demonstrators marched in Cape Town on Wednesday to express their anger over gender-based violence...

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