South Africa Proposes Sinister New Afrophobic Laws
Government’s proposals to clampdown on immigration and a recent disgraceful xenophobic march against African and Asian nationals living in South Africa reveals a society from top to bottom, across the political spectrum, confused and at odds with the values embraced by its Constitution. The morning of the xenophobic march, a caller into a radio show […]
Nigerians in South Africa call for protection after reports of renewed ‘xenophobic’ violence in Pretoria
Members of Nigeria’s community in South Africa have raised concerns over renewed anti-immigrant violence, appealing to authorities to intervene before the situation gets out of control. Nigeria’s presidency on Monday called the South African government to step in to stop what it said were “xenophobic attacks” following recent reports of violence against Nigerians and other […]
How Zambia Prevented Xenophobia – Lessons for South Africa
OPINION By Isaac Nkama ‘Isaac, we can no longer go to the movie today. We have a curfew,’ my late dad told me. ‘I understand, dad,’ I responded – and I genuinely did. This was a conversation taking place on a Saturday at home in Ibex Hill, in my hometown of Lusaka in 1978. I […]
Zimbabwean President Mugabe blames whites for xenophobia
Zimbabwean President Mugabe laid the blame for xenophobic violence in South Africa on white people, because he said they still owned most of the land and had most of the opportunities.It is a matter of the whites keeping things to themselves and the political dispensation brought in by Mandela, (that) did not address the question […]
South Africa Deports Hundreds of Mozambicans
The official death toll is seven with South Africans authorities claiming the murder of one Mozambican man was a case of criminality and not xenophobia-related. Some of the returned Mozambicans said on Saturday that they were arrested and taken to a detention centre when they were found in South Africa without proper documents. In mid-May, […]
What South African xenophobia, Ebola, and Nairobi flooding have in common
Making cities work is a much tougher job than cutting through bush to build a road, and reviving a tourism industry is not like growing maize IN the last seven days, three stories have emerged out of Africa, and though at first glance they seem unrelated, they hint to a changing Africa, and why it […]
After ‘state xenophobia’ South Africa under scrutiny
Police accused of heavy-handed tactics as foreigners are rounded up in a massive ‘crime operation’ across country. Johannesburg, South Africa – A semblance of normalcy is returning to the streets of the inner city of Johannesburg weeks after xenophobic violence hit South Africa’s commercial capital. The city appears to have just moved along, wearing the […]
South African society generates inequality
Violent riots on the streets of South Africa in recent weeks have seen foreigners killed, shops looted and thousands left homeless. Foreigners are accused of taking jobs from locals in a country where unemployment remains high; proof of the chasm that remains between rich and poor. So 21 years after Nelson Mandela pledged to liberate […]
South Africa court prevents migrants’ deportation
South Africa’s high court has temporarily prevented the deportation of more than 300 undocumented migrants. Rights activists have criticised the arrests of more than 700 suspected illegal migrants following recent deadly xenophobic violence. Police say they made the arrests during crime prevention operations. The authorities have been under pressure to both bring an end to […]
S.A. police raid church housing 400 refugees
At least 400 foreign nationals arrested in Johannesburg in joint operation described as a “crime-prevention clean-up”. Johannesburg, South Africa – South African police have arrested at least 400 foreign nationals, after police backed by the military raided several buildings, including a church housing refugees in central Johannesburg on Friday. Katlego Mogale, a spokesperson for the […]
