当地媒体报道，10月8日，南非的反移民抗议活动于周四演变成暴力事件。一起发生在沿海城市德班，另一起发生在约翰内斯堡的索韦托镇，两地均有汽车被焚烧，索韦托还传出了枪声。
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 8 - Anti-migrant protests in South Africa turned violent on Thursday, one in the coastal city of Durban and another in Johannesburg's Soweto township, with cars torched at both and gunshots fired in Soweto, local media reported.
报道称，德班的骚乱源于一个团体发起的抗议，他们要求一个难民中心停止处理庇护申请。
The unrest in Durban followed a protest by a group demanding that a refugee centre stop processing asylum applications, the reports said.
新闻网站News24报道称，约有10辆汽车被推翻并纵火焚烧，外国国民开的店铺遭到洗劫。
News website News24 said about 10 vehicles were overturned and set alight, while shops owned by foreign nationals were looted.
广播公司Newzroom Afrika称，在索韦托，居民与外国店主发生冲突，并听到枪声。今年南非已经历了数月的反移民游行，引发了国际社会的批评。
In Soweto, residents clashed with foreign shop owners and gunshots were heard, broadcaster Newzroom Afrika said. South Africa has seen months of anti-migrant marches this year that have drawn international criticism.
其中一些游行演变成了暴力和掠夺，数千名非洲外国侨民逃离了该国。
Some of the marches have descended into violence and looting, and thousands of African foreign nationals have fled the country.
移民常常被指责抢走工作、助长犯罪和加重公共服务负担，但社会科学家表示，这些说法并没有证据支持。
Migrants are often blamed for taking jobs, fuelling crime and straining public services, claims that social scientists say are not supported by evidence.
种族隔离制度结束三十年来，南非仍然存在极大的不平等，约三分之一的人口失业。尽管如此，它仍然是非洲最大的经济体，并继续吸引着移民。
Three decades since apartheid ended, South Africa remains deeply unequal and about a third of people are out of work. Despite this, it remains Africa's largest economy and continues to draw migrants.