LATEST: Xenophobic attacks in SA, 3 dead

SOUTH AFRICA: Xenophobic attacks against foreigners have begun again in the neighbouring country with many people now under fire particularly in the KwaZulu Natal Province.

A video which surfaced on the internet shows foreigners being attacked and one man is heard speaking in Zulu saying foreigners are working and the locals are not working.

Sources say attacks in South Africa have resurfaced in some parts of Limpopo province and Durban in KwaZulu Natal, leaving three people dead and several houses burnt to ashes.

This disturbances which largely target foreign shop owners come barely a day after the South African government launched a national action plan to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and ethnic intolerance in the neighbouring country.

At least two protesters were shot dead after one of the affected foreign shop owners opened fire during the skirmishes.

In a related incident a female protesters died after falling off a roof of a shop, which was being looted.