article_snippet.sent: King Goodwill Zwelithini - who is said to have told followers in a speech that foreigners were 'lice' and 'ants' and should be expelled from South Africa - a charge King Goodwill Zwelithini - who denies, saying it was bad translation .
article_snippet.sent: A wave of anti-immigrant violence has so far claimed seven lives in trouble spots in Durban and Johannesburg, to where the South African government announced the deployment of defence forces on Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: A speech given by the King in Durban last month, denouncing foreigners as 'ants' and 'lice' who should leave the country, has been blamed for sparking anti-immigrant violence.
article_snippet.sent: Zwelithini's speech last month is said to be the cause of the violence which has turned the streets into a battleground, sending foreigners running for the safety of special camps .
article_snippet.sent: We ask the foreign nationals to pack the foreign nationals belongings and go back to the foreign nationals countries,' Zwelithini said during the speech in Durban.
article_snippet.sent: At least 7,000 foreigners are sheltering in camps for least 7,000 foreigners safety and more than 900 have fled, including to Zimbabwe where despot Robert Mugabe's government has likened the monarch's alleged remarks to those made in the run up to the genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: There are about 7,000 foreigners sheltering in special camps in Durban .