stephen-gelb – The Mail & Guardian

/ 29 May 2008

‘The poor are becoming impatient’

The border between South Africa and Zimbabwe should be ”comprehensively” abolished, Methodist Bishop Paul Verryn told academics at the University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday. ”In exactly the same way we pulled down the fences in 1994 and found that instead of restricting, it enabled,” Verryn told a colloquium on xenophobia.

By Carol Hills

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/ 28 May 2008

Govt: Refugee-camp reports ‘not true’

The government has denied deciding to set up refugee camps for foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence. Reports suggesting such a move were ”baseless and therefore not true”, it said on Wednesday. ”The government has noted with concern media reports that the Cabinet has taken a decision to establish refugee camps,” a statement said.

By Mail Guardian Online Reporter, Sapa Author and Sapa Afp