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South Africans and Others Take Stock Amid Violence

Darren Taylor

   JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has begun assessing the toll of the week's
   anti-immigrant violence, which, according to authorities, has claimed
   10 lives, injured scores more, incited fear, hobbled business activity,
   and strained relations with other African countries.

   In a televised address Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa denounced
   the attacks that began Sunday, mobilized by South African truckers and
   others who contend that immigrants have taken job opportunities from
   the native-born. Individuals have been attacked, and homes and
   businesses ransacked or even ruined.

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