July 8, 2026 | South Africa | Xenophobia | Migration | Human Rights The deadline was June 30. The Deadline Passed. Nobody Left. Here's What South Africa Became March and March — the anti-immigrant movement that had spent months building toward this date — had been explicit: all undocumented foreign nationals must leave South Africa by June 30, or face the consequences. The pamphlets were printed in four languages. They looked like official government notices. They spread thro