Dean Macpherson urges police to find xenophobic agitators

Polity Audio Articles · Jun 19, 2026 · 1m

Dean Macpherson urges police to find xenophobic agitators Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson called on law enforcement agencies to act against those responsible for violence against migrants, warning that the attacks are tarnishing the country's international reputation. "We have duty and responsibility to protect the vulnerable, we have a duty and a responsibility to enforce our immigration laws," Macpherson told reporters at a Foreign Correspondents' Association of Southern Africa event at Bloomberg's office in Johannesburg on Friday. "But we also have a duty and…