A third of those killed in xenophobic attacks in South Africa last month were local citizens, the government says.
The BBC's Mpho Lakaje in Johannesburg says gangs of attackers mistook them for people from other parts of Africa.
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Landmark India-Africa meet begins ... South Africans died in the riots which have left more than 20,000 displaced living in fields and halls, spokesman Themba Maseko said.
The violence, blamed on unemployment and scarce resources, was the worst since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Mr Maseko said that a day of national healing may be declared for the 62 people who died.
It is estimated that more than 70,000 people were uprooted in the violence - many thousands fled to their countries of origin.
Mr Maseko said the government's policy was to push for the reintegration of those living in makeshift camps.
"We are in consultation with the UNHCR, who have indicated that they have no plans to evacuate anybody from South Africa," Mr Maseko is quoted by South African Press Association as saying.
"Therefore, reintegration is supported by the international agencies."
(BBC)
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