Stephani Nolen

Globe & Mail: Xenophobic rage explodes in South Africa

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SOUTH AFRICA: BRUTALITY NOT SEEN SINCE THE WORST DAYS OF APARTHEID
Xenophobic rage explodes in South Africa

Mobs kill at least 22 foreigners and injure hundreds as violence sweeps townships around the capital

STEPHANIE NOLEN

May 20, 2008

RAMAPHOSA INFORMAL SETTLEMENT, SOUTH AFRICA -- In his haste to leave, Paolo Cosa left behind the things that once had pride of place: the framed family photographs nailed on the walls of his tin-scrap shack, including the one that showed his beaming, dimpled daughter in blue cap and gown, graduating from primary school.

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