South African Police Arrest 90 as Unrest in Cities Continues

Nigerian foreign nationals remove a looter from their shops in Troyville, Johannesburg and take him to a waiting police van on Sept. 2, 2019. AP Photo

JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s president condemned days of widespread looting and arson attacks on foreign-owned businesses across Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, calling the violence “totally unacceptable.”

“We are a country that is completely committed against xenophobia,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a video statement published on Twitter on Sept. 3. “We do not allow and cannot tolerate attacks on people from other African countries.”