{"podcast":{"title":"What in the World","slug":"what-in-the-world-6570991","podcast_index_feed_id":6570991,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/w13xtvrv.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrv","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0jq7pnj.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":789,"summary":"Helping you make sense of what’s happening in your world. Big stories, small stories and everything in between. Understand more, feel better. Five days a week, Monday to Friday.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:48.456188+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991"},"episode":{"title":"Protests against illegal migrants in South Africa: What’s going on?","slug":"protests-against-illegal-migrants-in-south-africa-what-s-going-on","published_at":"2026-06-05T13:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991/protests-against-illegal-migrants-in-south-africa-what-s-going-on","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8q5m","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nqbkg9.mp3","summary":"South Africa has seen weeks of protests against illegal immigrants. Some of these protests have turned violent and people have been killed. The country is grappling with deep tensions around immigration and identity. Houses have been burned, shops damaged and looted, and people have been forced to leave their homes. There have been reports of vigilante groups checking the documentation of foreign nationals and forcing small businesses run by non-South Africans to close. Countries like Ghana and Nigeria have even been evacuating their citizens from the country. So what’s behind these recent protests? And what are authorities doing to try to reduce illegal migration in South Africa? BBC correspondent Mayeni Jones explains. We also hear what South Africans and migrant workers living in the country make of the protests. Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: William Lee Adams, Julia Ross-Roy and Stefania Okereke Editor: Verity Wilde.","meta_description":"South Africa has seen weeks of protests against illegal immigrants. Some of these protests have turned violent and people have been killed. The country is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":671,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-in-the-world-6570991/episodes/protests-against-illegal-migrants-in-south-africa-what-s-going-on/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991/protests-against-illegal-migrants-in-south-africa-what-s-going-on.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}