Violence against people perceived as foreign began in Alexandra, Johannesburg, and spread to other communities. The attacks exposed exclusion and hostility within post-apartheid society, particularly toward African migrants. Their significance for antiracist history lies in the denial of belonging and protection, not in treating all South Africans as sharing the attackers' views.
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The xenophobic violence that began in Alexandra spread beyond that township.
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The attacks spread to other communities and exposed threats to migrants' safety and belonging.