Anti-immigrant groups have set today, 30 June, as a unilateral ‘deadline’ for undocumented foreigners to leave the country. Graphic: Sharlene Rood/News24. Images: Rosetta Msimango/News24; Rajesh Jantilal/AFP South Africans have chosen peace over violence before. On Tuesday, each of us will be asked to defend our history, Constitution and humanity again, writes Adriaan Basson. Tuesday, 30 June 2026, can go down in history as either a day of bloodshed or a day of democratic maturity.