South Africa: Xenophobic Attacks Killed Four People in Addo. a Year Later, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Is Rising Again

There have been no arrests for the murder of Juane September or for the immigrants killed in revenge attacks

A year after a 21-year-old man was murdered, allegedly by immigrants, in Addo, Eastern Cape, triggering xenophobic attacks that killed four immigrants, there have still been no arrests.

After Juane September was murdered on 24 May 2025, a mob entered the homes of Zimbabweans, beating up men and stealing people's belongings. Hundreds fled to a church hall in Gqeberha.