Black South Africans Attacking Foreign Africans But Not Foreign Whites.Afrophobia Or Xenophobia?

Several people have been killed in a surge of xenophobic attacks in South Africa on 14 April, where locals have been targeting foreigners - mostly African immigrants from Nigeria, Somali, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia - in and around the city of Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province.

Many South Africans look at the attacks on enterprising African immigrants from Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria and Malawi—often running shops, stalls and other businesses in the informal economy—and resolve that the current attacks on foreigners are more afrophobic, than xenophobic.
According to local media, at least 1,500 foreigners have fled their homes and are now living in makeshift camps.

President Jacob Zuma condemned the violence while police have been deployed to halt the xenophobic attacks. It is believed that more than 40 people linked to the violence have been arrested. Police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse protesters on 14 April.

While the anti-foreigner violence continues amid fears that the protest is expanding to Johannesburg, IBTimes UK looks at the most important things to know about South Africa's worst outbreak of xenophobic violence in recent years.
Foreigners 'need to pack their bags and leave ' - Why did the protest start?

Violence against foreigners is common in South Africa. At least four people were killed in Soweto, Johannesburg, in January 2015, following the alleged murder of a South African teenager by a Somalian shopkeeper. The alleged killing sparked violence and three other people were killed while dozens of foreign-owned shops were looted. 
This time, it is believed that violence erupted following alleged comments by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who said that foreigners need to "pack their bags and leave". 

Following the comment - which Zwelithini denied he had made - several South Africans took to the streets of Durban and attacked and looted foreign-owned shops and properties. The protesters accused foreign nationals of living in South Africa illegally and of stealing jobs and opportunities.