{"id":86749,"date":"2015-04-18T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/86749\/we-are-afraid\/"},"modified":"2015-04-18T18:18:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T16:18:26","slug":"we-are-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/04\/18\/we-are-afraid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are afraid\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign nationals in Germiston are afraid.<\/p>\n

This was clear when the GCN spoke to a number of Malawian nationals on Saturday morning at the tented camp set up for those who are seeking refuge.<\/p>

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Christmas Brack, a Malawian who has been in the country for a number of years, said: \u201cWe came here yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have been threatened and we are scared.\u201d<\/p>

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Andrew Msuzi and Jeremiah Chilowa echoed Brack sentiments and added that they had packed up all their belongings as people wanted to fight with them.<\/p>\n

The three are all residents of the Makause informal settlement.<\/p>\n

They joined hundreds of other foreign nationals from the informal settlements who have fled their homes and gone to the Primrose Police Station to seek safety over the last few days as tensions in the settlements rise.<\/p>\n

The metro has erected a tented camp to house displaced foreign nationals opposite the police station and on Saturday Gauteng premier David Makhura visited the people to speak to them.<\/p>\n