page_title: Xenophobia in South Africa
section_title: Xenophobia in South Africa before 1994
hierarchical_section_title: Xenophobia in South Africa / Xenophobia in South Africa before 1994
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Teken in Durban wat sê die strand is net vir witmense kragtens artikel 37 van die Durbanese strandverordeninge. Die tale is Engels, Afrikaans en Zoeloe, die taal van die swart bevolkingsgroep in die Durban gebied. Deutsch: Schild in Durban, welches besagt, dass der Strand gemäß Artikel 37 der Strandverordnung Durbans nur für Weiße zugänglich ist. Die Sprachen sind Englisch, Afrikaans und Zulu, die Sprache der schwarzen Bevölkerung im Großraum Durban. English: Sign in Durban that states the beach is for whites only under section 37 of the Durban beach by-laws. The languages are English, Afrikaans and Zulu, the language of the black population group in the Durban area. Français&#160;: Pancarte à Durban expliquant que la place est uniquement réservée aux blancs conformément à l'article 37 de l'arrêté de Durban sur la plage. Les langues exposées sont l'anglais, l'afrikaans et le zoulou, la langue de la population noire habitant en zone de Durban.
context_page_description: Prior to 1994, immigrants from elsewhere faced discrimination and even violence in South Africa. After majority rule in 1994, contrary to expectations, the incidence of xenophobia increased. Between 2000 and March 2008, at least 67 people died in what were identified as xenophobic attacks. In May 2008, a series of attacks left 62 people dead; although 21 of those killed were South African citizens. The attacks were motivated by xenophobia. In 2015, another nationwide spike in xenophobic attacks against immigrants in general prompted a number of foreign governments to begin repatriating their citizens. A Pew Research poll conducted in 2018 showed that 62% of South Africans viewed immigrants as a burden on society by taking jobs and social benefits and that 61% of South Africans thought that immigrants were more responsible for crime than other groups. Between 2010 and 2017 the immigrant community in South Africa increased from 2 million people to 4 million people.
caption: Sign reserving a Natal beach "for the sole use of members of the white race group", in English, Afrikaans, and Zulu (Durban, 1989)
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