{"id":38009,"date":"2026-06-25T11:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38009"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:26:33","slug":"sas-province-locals-back-continued-coexistence-with-foreign-nationals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-province-locals-back-continued-coexistence-with-foreign-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s Province locals back continued coexistence with foreign nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>As South Africa (SA) faces mixed sentiments against undocumented immigrants, some residents in the Niani area, along the borderline with Zimbabwe in Limpopo Province,<br \/>\nsay they have been living peacefully with foreign nationals for many decades.<\/div>\n<div>\nCommunities in villages such as Rangani, Madimbo and Malale comprise both locals and immigrants from Zimbabwe.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe social dynamics of the Limpopo River border villages are quite different from those in other areas in the country.<\/div>\n<div>\nMany foreign nationals in these villages are integrated with local communities and share lineage ties through intermarriages.<\/p>\n<p>Situated along the Limpopo River and a stone&#8217;s throw away from Zimbabwe, the Niani area is a melting pot of cultures and languages.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nRangani, Madimbo and Malale villages are populated mostly by Zimbabweans and SA citizens.<\/div>\n<div>\nWhile some say they have already become naturalised SA citizens, others say they have been living and working legally in the country for many years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33325,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-38009","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA faces mixed sentiments against undocumented immigrants,","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38009","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\/38009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38010,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38009\/revisions\/38010"}],"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=38009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}