SOUTH AFRICA XENOPHOBIA PROTESTS - Blacks on Blacks

 As thousands of South Africans took to the streets of the city of Durban to rally against violence and xenophobia, an online community has joined the protests.

The marches follow recent violent attacks on foreigners in the country that have claimed five lives.

During the protest march Thursday, Twitter followers voiced their support through hashtag campaigns. #PeaceMarch and #SayNoToXenophobia were some of the most popular.

South African Police Services said more than 10,000 people attended the march, including civil rights groups and nongovernmental organizations. We Dance and we March in Love, Peace and Solidarity!! #Durban #UnitedForAfrica #NoToXenophobia @eThekwiniM "People listen to him," Flack said. "He is a monarch. The Zulu people in South Africa take him very seriously, they don't question what he says."

Flack said he was motivated to make the allegations after seeing multiple complaints about xenophobic violence on social media and thinking they weren't enough.

So he filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission, and then tweeted about it. South African police have fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse a crowd of anti-immigrant protesters in eastern Johannesburg, a witness has said. The authorities have erected safe camps in Durban, a key port, for fleeing immigrants – including Ethiopians, Nigerians, Malawians and Pakistanis – whose shops were looted and set of fire. "Radio QFM has blacked out the playing of South African music effective today, April 17th in protest against xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals taking place in that country," QFM managing director Asan Nyama said in a statement posted on the station's website.

South African singer Kelly Khumalo was forced to postpone performances in London because of outrage, while Big Nuz -- a group that plays the popular Kwaito dance music genre -- had to cancel a concert in Zimbabwe, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said Friday.

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