?Many citizens of other countries living in South Africa are law-abiding and contribute to the economy of the country positively.
Groups representing immigrant communities said they feared the recent upsurge in anti-foreigner sentiment could spark a recurrence of the xenophobic attacks.
South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of several hundred people who took to the streets of the capital, Pretoria, Friday to protest against the presence of undocumented Nigerians, Pakistanis and Zimbabweans.
?At some point a water canon was used, tear gas was used and non-lethal weapons to try and get the situation under control,? acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane told reporters in Pretoria.
?There are real concerns by South Africans in many areas about serious crime that is destabilizing communities,? he said in an e-mailed statement on Friday.
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