While visiting a refugee camp in the port of Durban after a fresh outbreak of anti-foreigner violence, South African President Jacob Zuma has vowed to bring an end to xenophobic attacks in the country.
Zuma told those who had fled the violence that it went against South African values, reported the BBC.
However, he was jeered by some in the crowd who accused him of acting too slowly.
About six people have been killed in xenophobic attacks in Durban, with violence spreading to other areas.
Large numbers of migrants, mostly from other African states and Asia, have moved to South Africa since white-minority rule ended in 1994. Many South Africans accuse them of taking jobs in a country where the unemployment rate is 24 percent.
