“Go diragalang? (what's happening?)” are two words that saved a Zimbabwean man from being killed by a mob that was raiding homes of suspected illegal immigrants in Diepsloot on Wednesday night. 

The man in his mid 40s, whose name cannot be revealed for fear of victimisation, said he first heard people shouting “passport or ID in hand” and banging on shacks at about 10pm. He then left his shack to avoid them knocking on his door. ..