‘Foreign business owners are not the enemy’ – DA
Anger at foreign nationals is misplaced and should be aimed at the ANC-led government and its failure to create jobs, says the DA’s Mmusi Maimane.
Xenophobic Attacks
Khayelitsha: ‘We beat them, we take their things by force’
Somalians and Ethiopians living in Khayelitsha say that they are a target 24 hours a day, while young locals say that jealousy triggers the violence.
Thousands of foreigners seek refuge in Mayfair
Their status as asylum seekers makes it difficult for shop owners from Ethiopia, Somalia and Bengal to get licences and operate legally.
Xenophobia: Danger brewing for 2016 elections
In a xenophobic atmosphere ripe for political exploitation, only a few stand to lose as much as foreign nationals.
Shop lootings recall xenophobic attacks for Alexandra locals
Community policing forum chair Moses Letsoalo blames the police for being unable to prevent the violence even though they were outnumbered by the mob.
SA: The future of our dreaming
Without a Utopia to strive for, South Africa will self-destruct, writes Breyten Breytenbach.
Fighting to love their Nigerian men
Local women are banding together to combat the prejudice they and their Nigerian husbands face.
Editorial: Fuelling the fire of vigilantism
Is the media’s reporting on events such as the Diepsloot deaths with a rush to classify the potential culprits as foreigners feeding xenophobia?
Attacks on shops in Duduza ‘not random’
Displaced foreign shop owners say there is more to the violence than simply looting, as claimed by the police.
Xenophobia in Duduza
A fight over an airtime voucher sparked xenophobic attacks in Duduza. A month later some foreign shopkeepers still live in the Nigel town hall.
Foreigners should adapt to SA laws, says Orange Farm leader
Foreigners living in South Africa should learn to do as South Africans do, a community meeting in Orange Farm was told.
Sanco condemns ‘dodgy business owners’ after Diepsloot attacks
In the wake of recent unrest in Diepsloot, the South African National Civic Organisation has condemned "African-on-African violence".
Diepsloot: This is not xenophobia
Widespread looting in the township of Diepsloot is alleged to have been xenophobic, but a closer look shows otherwise.
Diepsloot residents deny claims of xenophobia
Both local and international residents of Diepsloot have denied claims that xenophobia is behind two days of violence in the township.
Orange Farm: Feeding the xenophobia beast
Orange Farm and Sebokeng are brimming with so-called xenophobic violence but the attacks are inseparable from other issues stalking these communities.
Xenophobic demons linger in SA
At least 120 foreigners were killed last year and 250 injured, such violence has spread from the Gauteng and the Western Cape to all nine provinces.
Mozambicans punished for South Africa’s sins
Of all our neighbours, why are they caught up in so many of South Africa’s most tragic and shameful events?
Mozambicans punished for South Africa’s sins
Of all our neighbours, why are they caught up in so many of South Africa’s most tragic and shameful events?
Marikana, Mayfair and ‘legitimate hate’
It takes nothing away from the Marikana massacre to remember that other organised, oppressive acts of violence are going unnoticed, says Loren Landau.
Xenophobia rears its head as ‘war’ declared in Mayfair
Immigrants and refugees living in Mayfair in Johannesburg are living in fear after threatening, xenophobic letters began circulating in the area.
No image available
Heads deliberate on how best to provide ethical leadership
Ethical behaviour was the major point of discussion at an education transformation forum convened by the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
No image available
Cape Somalis ‘still being threatened’
A Somali-born moved to a predominantly coloured area of the Strand near Cape Town to escape xenophobia. But now he has been asked to close shop.
The impending catastrophe on our doorstep
While people wring their hands about Julius Malema and his ramblings, the real prospect of further xenophobic attacks goes unnoticed.
ANC dithers on xenophobia
The ANC in Limpopo isn’t quite sure what to do with ward councillor Tebogo Mojapelo, who was arrested for involvement in the murder of a Zimbabwean.
Foreign traders are fair game
The Freedom Park housing settlement on the outskirts of Eldorado Park has become the centre of xenophobic mobilisation in Gauteng.
No image available
Migrants attacked in Johannesburg, five hurt
SA residents have attacked migrants in a Johannesburg township, injuring at least five people and increasing concerns of a wave of xenophobia.
No image available
Xenophobia: Action works
It is a pity that Jacob Zuma, Nathi Mthetwa and Bheki Cele talk such blithe rubbish about the threat of attacks on foreign Africans living in SA.
No image available
‘You never forget the past’
Anne Marie fled the Rwandan genocide in 1994. But her new life in South African was shattered in the 2008 xenophobia attacks.
No image available
SACP: It’s crime, not xenophobia
This week’s attacks on foreigners were criminal acts, not xenophobia, the South African Communist Party said on Tuesday.
No image available
Fear of violence drives exodus back to Zim
Families of Zimbabwean migrants have been fleeing South Africa because they fear xenophobic attacks now that the World Cup is over.
No image available
Western Cape ‘calm’ after violence
The Western Cape was calm during the day on Monday following Sunday’s outbreak of xenophobic violence, a police spokesperson said.
SA seeks to harness Cup to ease xenophobia
As SA savoured the final days of the Cup, the government hammered out plans to use the tournament’s good spirits to stamp out anti-immigrant tensions.
