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Table 5 Challenges faced by migrants in Limpopo and Cape Town

From: ‘A foreigner is not a person in this country’: xenophobia and the informal sector in South Africa’s secondary cities

 

Limpopo

% Yes

Cape Town

% Yes

Levels of Conflict

 Conflict with foreign-owned businesses

25.6

28.3

 Conflict with South African-owned businesses

30.2

34.9

Incidence of Theft

 Theft of goods/stock

38.3

56.7

 Theft of money/income

31.3

44.2

Levels of Xenophobic Prejudice

 Verbal insults against my business

35.3

32.6

 Prejudice against my nationality

47.6

48.0

Xenophobic Violence

 Physical attacks/assaults by South Africans

19.0

23.5

Police Misconduct

 Harassment/demands for bribes by police

26.2

10.7

 Confiscation of goods by police

18.8

10.2

 Arrest/detention

9.1

7.6

 Physical attacks/assaults by police

8.7

6.8

N

504

500