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Residents, immigrants clash

    JOHANNESBURG

    Clashes between South African nationals and immigrants from countries such as Namibia, Angola and Burundi have left at least one person dead in a Cape Town settlement in the past few days, AFP quoted SABC television as reporting on Saturday. SABC said the clashes took place in the settlement of Dunoon, outside the southern city.

    The immigrants, who said they had permits to be in South Africa, camped outside police stations overnight on Thursday and Friday after they were chased out of their homes, the state-run channel reported. The report, which gave no details of the death, said the South Africans accused the immigrants of “stealing” their jobs and women.

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