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Riverside Herald

Anti-immigration mobilisation and social-media fear campaigns are keeping customers away from Durban’s streets. Clear, verified listings matter more than ever.
On a weekday in Durban’s inner city, one shopfront stays dark behind a rolled-down shutter while its neighbour keeps the lights on and a plain “Open” sign in the window. The contrast is ordinary—until you realise how many customers never make it that far. Reporting from Daily Maverick in late May 2026 describes more than a week of xenophobic violence, public assaults, and inflamed social-media mobilisation that left refugees and migrants camped outside government offices,…