{"id":37226,"date":"2026-06-16T11:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37226"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:32:53","slug":"migrants-in-sa-abandon-homes-amid-attacks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/migrants-in-sa-abandon-homes-amid-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrants in SA abandon homes amid attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">African migrants with long-standing roots in South Africa (SA) are fleeing a wave of attacks that has left many feeling increasingly unsafe in communities they have called home for years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Among those affected is 33-year-old Princess Adjei, who opened a hair salon in downtown Durban in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">She has lived in SA since arriving from Ghana as a toddler, completed her schooling locally, speaks Zulu, and had long considered SA her only home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Her salon was looted during the recent violence, deepening her sense of insecurity and displacement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33325,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-37226","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Migrants in SA","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37226","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\/37226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37227,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37226\/revisions\/37227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}