Locals run after trying to rob a foreign motorist in Johannesburg(Siphiwe Sibeko:Reuters)

Locals run after trying to rob a foreign motorist in Johannesburg(Siphiwe Sibeko:Reuters)

An African immigrant holds a machete in a run-down district of east Johannesburg(Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)
An African immigrant holds a machete in a run-down district of east Johannesburg(Siphiwe Sibeko:Reuters)
People look at a burnt-out car after foreign nationals reportedly torched it in the early hours outside a hostel in the Jeppestown area, east of Johannesburg(Mujahid Safodien:AFP)