Seven people have been killed in the latest round of xenophobic violence against poorer immigrants, many from South Africa’s neighbors. It’s a shame that South Africa continues to confront. Oatway’s series of images of the ordeal landed on the front page of South Africa’s Sunday Times under the headline, “Kill thy neighbor: Alex attack brings home SA’s shame.” ![]() “He had a kind of a dazed, shocked look in his face.” “I still remember him looking straight into my eyes,” said Oatway. ![]() Oatway and his fellow journalist Beauregard Tromp quickly put the injured man in the back of the car and rushed him to a hospital, where he later died. The attackers finally did move on and leave Sithole alone. “I did think that maybe they would leave him alone.” ![]() “When the attack started I was 20 meters (65 feet) away, but at one point I was 4 or 5 meters away,” he said. Oatway says he tried to get as close as possible, conscious that the attackers were aware of his presence.
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