LIVE | House, motorbike and tyre shop set alight in Durban as anti-immigration tensions flare

Follow live updates on anti-immigrant tensions currently taking place in Durban. 

5:54 pm – A second-hand tyre shop operating on a vacant plot of land has been set alight. Firefighters are currently on scene. 

5:42 pm – Hundreds of protesters are making their way to the Durban CBD. 

5: 30pm – Tensions continued to flare in Durban on Friday afternoon as a house was set alight in the Berea area. 

Firefighters are currently at the scene. 

It is believed angry protesters set fire to the house, believed to have been used for prostitution and drugs. 

However, this has not been confirmed. 

There is a heavy police presence in the area.

Nearby, a motorbike was also set alight on Clark Road in Berea. 

Vaughan Reid, chairman of Umbilo CPF, described the situation as volatile.

He said protesters have been stoning cars and windows 

Anti-immigration protests turned violent on Thursday as more than 10 cars were burnt in the Durban CBD. 

Earlier today, Acting National Police Minister Firoz Cachalia did a walkabout in the Durban CBD.

In Gauteng four people were arrested following anti-immigration protests in Johannesburg’s CBD, with Gauteng police commissioner Tommy Mthombeni warning that anyone inciting violence, looting or damaging property will face arrest. Read the full story. 

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