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Cachalia calls for calm amid anti-migrant protests in Joburg and Durban [SOUND]

# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia has called for calm amid ongoing anti-migrant and economic protests in Johannesburg, Gauteng and Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Demonstrations have been reported in Braamfontein, Soweto and Durban, following a Constitutional Court ruling concerning asylum applications. A vehicle was set alight at Constitutional Hill, while police used rubber bullets to contain protesters. Speaking in Durban, Cachalia stressed that authorities would follow due process when dealing with undocumented immigrants:

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