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00:00 Gaten McKenzie is very popular in Cape Town's poorest suburbs.
00:05 His party, the Patriotic Alliance, has been calling for the mass deportation of illegal
00:09 foreigners for several years.
00:11 When we take over on the 30th of May, all the illegal foreigners, they are going home
00:20 unapologetically.
00:21 They are selling drugs here.
00:23 They are working as cheap labour.
00:24 No matter who says what, you can call me xenophobic, but I'm here for South Africans first.
00:34 In the streets, foreigners avoid the electoral campaign, aware that the country has experienced
00:39 deadly xenophobic riots.
00:41 In this African art market, most of the sellers refuse to be formed.
00:45 Mbake has lived here for over 20 years, but remains cautious.
00:51 Anything can happen at any moment.
00:52 We cannot exclude that.
00:54 They have tightened the rules around permits.
00:57 It's become much more complicated.
00:59 We'll see what the new policies will bring.
01:04 The government has just adopted a white paper to strengthen border control.
01:08 And refugees like Liliane, who requested asylum in 2003, had a much easier time.
01:15 They welcomed us here, but there were problems.
01:16 You see, there were problems in Zimbabwe.
01:19 Malawi is a very poor country.
01:21 Let's not even talk about Congo.
01:23 You know what's going on with us.
01:25 Same in Somalia.
01:26 So a lot of immigrants came here.
01:29 There is no longer room for everyone, you see.
01:32 Zimbabweans are most worried.
01:34 There are officially a million Zimbabweans in South Africa.
01:37 Unofficially, the number may be four million.
01:39 Work permits are not being renewed.
01:41 Patience's visa expires in December, and she is desperate.
01:45 For now, I can tell myself I'm the breadwinner.
01:48 I will be able to afford me, myself, my child, my family at home, especially my parents.
01:54 They still need me.
01:55 So if I'm told to move out of here, then that means that's the end of it.
02:00 Immigrants are concerned that after the election, whatever the result, government policy towards
02:04 foreigners will continue on its strict trajectory.