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Anti-immigrant attacks that left 62 dead must never be repeated, President Thabo Mbeki has said at a ceremony in honour of those who were caught up in the violence. 
People displaced by the xenophobic attacks will be issued with temporary identification documents from July 6, to legalise their presence in the country.
The number of displaced foreigners still being housed in temporary shelters in Johannesburg had dropped to about 4 000.
President Thabo Mbeki will address the national day of mourning in support of those affected by the recent xenophobic attacks.
Foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks will be re-integrated into their communities by the end of August, a senior Home Affairs official says.
President Thabo Mbeki has said government acted as promptly as possible when dealing with the recent outbreak of xenophobic attacks.
The number of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks in Gauteng has more than halved to just over 4 000 people, the provincial government says.
The SA Council of Churches has expressed alarm at conditions in camps set up for displaced foreigners and says it could lead to a "humanitarian disaster".
The SA office of the UN High Commission for Refuges failed to respond meaningfully to the needs of foreigners, say civil society bodies.
The National Assembly team set up to investigate the recent xenophobic attacks, hasn't found any evidence suggesting that there was a third force involved.
The Soetwater camp for xenophobia victims, once the largest in Cape Town, is to be shut down and its remaining residents accommodated elsewhere.
The number of people displaced by xenophobic violence in Cape Town has risen by 200 people in the last two days alone, Western Cape Disaster Management says.
The re-integration of foreign nationals back into communities following xenophobic attacks may not be possible for some time, a report shows.
Police in the Nkomazi region of the Mpumalanga Lowveld are investigating reports of new xenophobic attacks.
Three people have been arrested after a Mozambican man was stoned and burnt to death in Pretoria in an attack that police say is not linked to xenophobia.
Police say they are not regarding an incident where a Mozambican man was stoned and burned alive in Pretoria as xenophobic in nature.
A mob has reportedly stoned and burned a Mozambican man alive near Pretoria after accusing him of setting fire to a shack.
A group of about 500 people have handed over a memorandum to the office of the Premier of Gauteng, after a peaceful protest through the streets of Johannesburg.
A few hundred people are marching against xenophobia in Newtown, Johannesburg, and will hand over a memorandum to the Premier's office.

















