'We fear for our lives' - deadline for migrants to leave South Africa looms
Key takeaways
- "I am very scared and traumatised," Esnat Joseph, a 36-year-old Malawian woman, told the BBC as she tried to comfort her crying one-year-old triplets.
- "The people came to my house and told me: 'You must leave.
- They were holding his neck like they wanted to kill him.
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Nomsa Maseko,BBC Africa, Durbanand Marco Oriunto Thuthuka Zondi / BBCEsnat Joseph said a gang of men came to her home in Durban to threaten the family - forcing her to flee with her triplets South Africa has become a hostile place for undocumented migrants, as a deadline set by protesters for them to leave the country approaches.
"I am very scared and traumatised," Esnat Joseph, a 36-year-old Malawian woman, told the BBC as she tried to comfort her crying one-year-old triplets.
She fled her home in an informal settlement in the port city of Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal province, seeking refuge in an open field where up to 7,000 foreigners - mainly Malawians - began gathering with their belongings two weeks ago.