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South Africa: No goodwill for foreign nationals

DURBAN: There is little or no goodwill towards foreign nationals from African states living in South Africa.

24 Dec 2009

Jeannette Kasongo is a trained chef and her husband Pierre a university graduate - but their qualifications are overshadowed by their status as foreign nationals in South Africa. They fled Rwanda's genocidal war 15 years ago and encounter prejudice, discrimination and abuse on a daily basis.

"I am forced to work harder and longer hours without overtime pay. When I query this with my bosses they say it's because I am a foreigner and I don't have rights," Jeannette Kasongo told IRIN.

Read the full article on IRIN.