WHY: South Africans Chased Out Of Mayfair Johannesburg BY SOMALIANS

[00:00:04]Greetings to you all. This is your man Shyte the Black to the Traveler. How are you all doing? I hope you all are doing good today. I want us to go check these videos. Somalis are clashing back South Africans. The end of the video we going to know why all this is happening.

[00:00:24]>> [laughter] >> Mayfair, Johannesburg. This was a quiet suburb. A viral video showcasing a chaos of the street where car was overturned, fire burning. Somalis Mach are allegedly telling South Africans to go back to Soweto. Anti-illegal immigration activists are calling for a match. But this a simple case of xenophobia or this is deeper or a complex history hidden beneath the surface. Let's get into this video. It started with this video here circulating on social media.

[00:01:28]In the footage, a group of Somalis were seen clashing with the local. Claim emerged that Somalis has declared Mayfair a no go area for South Africans and were telling them to leave. This sparked the outrage. Pakel and this anti-illegal immigration announced plan to match on Mayfair.

[00:01:48]>> I heard that some some BFF members and some foreigners and some Muslims uh are coordinating actually this is Israelis that are here in South Africa. They are coordinating a counter march.

[00:02:07]Don't.

[00:02:08]My advice to those that are are organizing a counter march, be smart.

[00:02:17]Just don't.

[00:02:19]>> Here is a critical details. As of the recording of these videos, the authorities have not yet verified this claim that South Africans were told to leave. That the allegation that the allegation wasn't verified. That the damage has been already done. There's tension here, my brothers and sisters.

[00:02:37]To understand this, we have to go into history. Why Mayfair is Somalia's enclave? After the collapse of Somalia's, um, state in 1991, >> once a thriving coastal hub of trade and culture, Somalia's descent into anarchy began with the fall of its central government in 1991, triggering a devastating civil war that shattered families, cities, and national identity.

[00:03:05]>> And refugees fled to South Africa.

[00:03:07]Mayfair was already a Muslim community, home to a large Indian community. So, Somalis came into those community and they feel like this community is good.

[00:03:19]So, they arrived in 2000 like fleeing civil wars. Somalis, most of them came to South Africa because they were fleeing wars in their country. Their state collapsed and all that. This isolation breeds resentment. South Africans saw Somalis as job stealers, competitors in a struggling economy.

[00:03:41]>> [music] >> Somalis face xeno- xenophobia, Afrophobia, specific hatred of black foreigners. It's a classical middleman like minority scenario, you know, where distinct groups succeed economically in impoverished area painting a target of their orders. You know what I'm saying?

[00:04:06]So, it's a perfect storm. You have a refugee community doing business in a country with massive unemployment. The violence is real. It's not just rumors or you guys can see the videos. In 2008, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali lost his brother to xenophobic attacks. His other brother simply vanished. Nobody saw him. Just last year in 2025, a Somalia business woman was shot dead on a busy street in Mayfair.

[00:04:41]A cycle of violence. Every time people get confused, say, "So, how can South Africa fix this?" This recent shooting of a Somali business woman has no name suspected. Crime, especially extortion, run rampant. If the state cannot protect the vulnerable business owners, the community will take everything in their hand uninvitedly and force their own security. That is why you can see Somalis and clashing with these um police and vigilantes. You know what I'm saying? Secondly, Somalis are converting residential home into commercial stores.

[00:05:19]The city of Johannesburg need to engage with these people instead of shutting them down. You need to regulate and incorporate them into the city urban planning so that they will understand South Africa's plan for its community, you know? The root of all this issue is economic desperation. When a South African looks at a Somalia shop owner and sees a foreigner taking their only chance, they will start getting violent.

[00:05:46]Department of Home Affairs is like taking time to let people get papers, you know? Leaving people in legal limbo.

[00:05:55]So, South Africa need to fasten immigration. If after all this that is going on, if you want to give somebody immigration status, if you don't want it, let them go back to their country.

[00:06:05]That's simple. You don't keep them in your country. The people in Mayfair, both Somalis and South Africans, are trapped in a cycle of fear and resentment.

[00:06:14]>> Yeah, like such crisis my friend.

[00:06:16]>> The solution isn't about a match. It's about this viral video. As the end of the day, we are all just looking for a place to call home. But, when the home is no more home, people will flee. It become toxic. It become dangerous for people to leave, you know? What do you think the solution is? Is it about integrating them into their society or enforcing the law strictly?

[00:06:41]>> This is bigger than everybody. You can't You can't stop it. We are not going to break anything. We are not going to burn the country. We are not going to hurt anyone.

[00:06:50]>> The airport is open. I can finally go to Africa.

[00:07:09]Gentleman, he was the one who helped me with the ticket, you know?

[00:07:14]I'm just coming out from the tourist side.

[00:07:20]I went to buy my plane ticket. Finally, I got my plane ticket over here.

[00:07:28]I'll be in Ghana on the 1st of July.

[00:07:41]First, I'm going on the first.

[00:07:45]And I will see you guys over there.

[00:07:48]If you want to join me also, you can holler, man. Comment down if you want to join me in Ghana so that we can do this trip together, yeah?

[00:07:59]The reason why I don't understand South Africa is, you know, because when you come to this country, like all the jobs, the companies that you are seeing here, most of them are run by um foreigners.

[00:08:17]Like 90% of the population like is foreigners, yeah?

[00:08:24]But the citizens occupy some big position, like, you know what I'm saying?

[00:08:29]They They occupy big positions.

[00:08:35]That make it, you know, some nice, you know?

[00:08:39]That make them not to be fighting for crumbs, you know?

[00:08:53]Ah.

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