South Africans hold protests against migrants
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Protests take place in several South African cities against undocumented migrants. Demonstrators say they're taking jobs from locals, putting pressure on public services and causing crime. Many immigrants have already been forced to leave. Also: people in Venezuela are still searching damaged buildings for missing family and friends following last week's earthquakes. A Chinese tycoon who moved to the United States has been sent to prison for 30 years for fraud. Britain has announced a large increase in defence spending to meet an increased threat from Russia. And Nasa is preparing to launch a mission to save an ageing telescope, and stop it from falling back to earth.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.3 | I'm Celia Hatton, and at 15 hours GMT on Tuesday, the 30th of June, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.5 | Thousands of people march in cities across South Africa calling |
| 0:21.5 | for undocumented migrants to leave the country. Anger in Venezuela, as many accused the government |
| 0:27.0 | of abandoning them after last week's twin earthquakes. The Chinese tycoon sentenced to 30 years |
| 0:33.2 | in a U.S. prison. Also in this podcast, |
| 0:38.8 | It will effectively try to grab hold of Swift in each of these arms, |
| 0:44.0 | and we'll use its onboard propulsion system to try to push it up to a higher orbit. |
| 0:49.7 | NASA hurries to save a falling space telescope. |
| 0:56.8 | It's been a tense day in South Africa. |
| 0:59.4 | Extra security was deployed across the country |
| 1:01.9 | as anti-immigration protesters filled the streets in a number of cities. |
| 1:06.5 | Participants are voicing their anger at the presence of undocumented migrants. |
| 1:16.6 | The demonstrations have been happening on the day of an unofficial deadline set by anti-immigration groups, calling for migrants without proper papers to leave the country. |
| 1:20.6 | Our first report comes from Nomsa Maseko, who was at the gathering of protesters in Durban. |
| 1:26.6 | Thousands of police officers have been deployed countrywide, |
| 1:31.5 | but there has been a concentration of maximum security here in Durban |
| 1:37.2 | because the police believe that this is a possible hotspot |
| 1:41.9 | where violence could erupt or that the protest itself can turn violent. |
| 1:47.0 | We are now joined by Philem Dwynykumeter, who is one of the protest leaders. |
| 1:52.0 | You have promised that this protest is going to be peaceful. |
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