A Kenyan investor living in troubled South Africa has narrated how the ongoing xenophobic attacks have reduced a business he has created for over ten years to ashes in one day.
This comes amid the African communities' condemnations of the ongoing attacks which have seen locals attack, loot and destroy foreigners and their businesses, accusing them of taking their jobs.
One of those affected is John Thumbi who earlier in the week lost his retail clothing shop which he has been operating since 2016 in Johannesburg's Jules Street.
He says that things went south when a mob stormed in, looted it and then razed it to the ground.
“They have looted everything... This used to be my shop… It was around 8 o’clock last night when they came here and started looting,” Thumbi narrates as quoted by Daily Nation.
He says that the police have been just looking on and the South African government has not done anything to address the situation.
"We did not see the government (of South Africa) coming to help us or telling us what we are going to do," he said.
Kenyan Ambassador to South Africa Jean Kamau has confirmed that some Kenyans were physically assaulted in Gauteng Province, whose part Johannesburg is.
In Nigeria, protests have since erupted, including the destruction of businesses believed to be owned by South Africans, as Nigerians complain of their people being targeted in South Africa.