Stop the killing, pleads Zuma

As violence against foreigners spread from Durban to Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg yesterday, President Jacob Zuma admitted that the government's tardy response to socio-economic frustrations might be fuelling the mayhem. ''We are aware of the frustrations that people have been voicing and perhaps we as the government have not been very quick in addressing these issues,'' Zuma said in an interview with the SABC last night.