Nine vehicles torched in South Africa clashes over court ruling on asylum applications

Car set alight during clashes between protesters and foreign nationals in Durban. Pic/AFP

Nine vehicles were set alight during clashes between South Africans and foreign nationals in Soweto, Johannesburg on Thursday, police said, amid protests over a court ruling that has brought crowds of applicants to asylum offices.

Protests in Soweto and Durban opposed the Constitutional Court's decision to remove procedural barriers to seeking asylum.

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