Abstract
Based on an analysis of authenticated YouTube videos and Internet news reports, this article argues that South Africa has entered the second wave of xenophobic violence targeting mainly black immigrants from other African countries. What makes this wave unique is the fact that organised formations that are relentless in their campaigns against immigrants have used various strategies and tactics, such as marches, protest actions, and social media to identify or position immigrants as the cause of crime, poverty, and unemployment in South Africa. This phenomenon of organisations that have formal structures and leaders that are primarily formed to target immigrants in South Africa is still emerging and therefore little has been written on the topic, making it an under-researched area. Using the concept of " organic crisis " as a theoretical framework to explain the political agenda of the anti-immigrants' organisations, the article contends that crime, economic and infrastructure decay, unemployment, poverty, and the general instability, display that South Africa is undergoing a deep structural crisis that does not accommodate economically the overwhelming majority of the population.