{"id":32835,"date":"2026-04-23T15:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32835"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:04:55","slug":"nationwide-shutdown-planned-over-foreign-nationals-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nationwide-shutdown-planned-over-foreign-nationals-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide shutdown planned over foreign nationals in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group identifying itself as the Concerned Citizens and the Voters of South Africa (SA) has called for a nationwide shutdown on May 4, demanding the removal of millions of foreign nationals from the country, regardless of their legal status.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid growing calls from organisations such as Operation Dudula and March and March for the repatriation of foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>In KwaZulu-Natal Province, several marches have taken place through Durban, with demonstrators calling for the removal of foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>The protests form part of a wider rise in anti-immigrant mobilisation across the KwaZulu-Natal in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For full interview click audio below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Calls for nationwide shutdown on May 4, demanding the removal of millions of foreign nationals from SA\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/africa-update\/calls-for-nationwide-shutdown-on-may-4-demanding-the-removal-of-millions-of-foreign-nationals-from-sa\/embed?media=audio&amp;size=wide&amp;style=cover\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32836,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32835","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA nationwide shutdown","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32837,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32835\/revisions\/32837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}