KwaZulu Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu says a team of seven people has been appointed to deal with the violent xenophobic attacks that have gripped KZN over the past few weeks.
The group will be led by former United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Judge Navi Pillay.
Mchunu says the team has been put together with the hope of finding solutions to the situation:
"We have now appointed a team who are going to be working for the next 12 months consulting with the people so that we don't recklessly run into any action without thorough investigations in terms of how we should deal with the whole matter of the presence of foreign nationals," he said.
"They will advise us as government of the province in terms of how best we can deal with the situation," he added.
Meanwhile, KZN police reported that the death toll in xenophobic violence has climbed to six.
This, after the body of a foreign national was found this week.
KZN police spokesperson, Jay Naicker, says the body of the 58-year-old man was found in Verulam on Wednesday.
He says police had also arrested 112 people across the province for a range of offences related to clashes between police, foreigners and locals.
Naicker said the violence seemed to be abating on Friday, and attributed it to the work of the police, civic and religious organsations and Thursday's peace march to the Ethikwini city hall.
A Durban man has meanwhile come to the assistance of the family of 14-year-old Thabo Mzobe, who was killed in the violence.
His family in Ntuzuma are reportedly struggling to find money to bury the teenager who was killed when several spaza shops were looted on Monday night.
Jason Boelhouwer heard of the family's plight on the radio while driving to work.
He visited the grieving family yesterday to donate money towards the funeral of young Thabo.
"It made me think how lucky I was and decided to just help where I could and just put a smile on a face even if it's just for 10 minutes and show that there are people who care about other people in this country," he said.
