Bongani Bingwa speaks to Loren Landau, an expert in migration and development from Oxford and Wits and Traditional leadership and heritage expert, Prof Somadoda Fikeni about escalating tensions in the Eastern Cape following protests over the alleged coronation of a ‘Nigerian king’ in KuGompo City. What began as a march has reportedly turned violent, with incidents of stabbings, looted shops, and torched vehicles. Landau helps unpack whether this is a case of xenophobia or a more complex conflict over traditional leadership, identity, and representation within communities. The discussion also explores why certain grievances erupt into violence while others, like service delivery frustrations, do not  and whether this incident has exposed deeper, long-standing tensions bubbling beneath the surface.

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