Tagged: riots against migrant workers

In South Africa, there was a complete crisis with migrant workers and illegal migrants as a result of visa-free “open door policy” with neighbors. At Cape town airport I was met by a taxi driver from Malawi. Street vendors, who laid fruit right on the sidewalk near the shopping center, were Nigerians. “Currency” at the pier, whispering to offer to change dollars for local money (Rand), came 2 years ago from Zimbabwe. …