What next after South Africa anti-migrant protests?

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South Africa on June 30 saw protests across different parts of the country. The demonstrators called for undocumented migrants to return to their home countries. While several African countries have repatriated their nationals from the country, many more are believed to still be residing in South Africa. We look at what's next for them and the country.

And, in Tanzania, an indigenous tribe called the Hadzabe, one of Africa's oldest hunter-gatherer communities are preserving their knowledge using a CyberTracker app.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna
Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Blessing Aderogba and Ayuba Iliya
Senior Producer: Bella Twine
Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango
Editors: Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla
1 Jul 11AM English United Kingdom News

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