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South African police say anti-immigrant protests were 'mostly peaceful'

South African police said Wednesday that nationwide anti-immigration protests held the previous day were "mostly peaceful", despite isolated incidents of looting and criminal activity. 

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00:00South African police said Wednesday that nationwide anti-immigration protests held the previous day were largely peaceful despite isolated incidents.
00:09Around 900 people were arrested, some for looting.
00:14Majority of the matches they do undertaking throughout the country were peaceful.
00:20South Africans exercised their constitutional right and the overwhelming majority did so peacefully, responsibly and within the framework of the
00:33prescribed laws.
00:35Thousands of protesters took part in the marches on Tuesday calling for tougher actions against illegal immigration.
00:41The coordinated demonstrations followed the weeks-long campaign led by fringe groups for undocumented immigrants to go home by June
00:4830th.
00:50Overnight reinforcements were deployed to various parts in the main Houteng, Eastern Cape, Guazulu-Natal, Free State and Western Cape
01:03in response to isolated incidents of looting and criminality.
01:08Across the country, several businesses believed to be owned by foreign nationals were looted and vandalized during the protests.
01:15Some store owners estimated losses running into millions of rand.
01:20Some store owners, some store owners, even for the cottages of the woman's
01:23A large number of hospiceers were required to be seen in the war and完了 in the war,
01:23Some rose, some people were charged with the people who were charged with the people who were charged with the
01:23same people were charged with war.
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