Tag: xenophobia

South Africa stands on the precipice of “explosive violence” senior independent human rights experts warned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government as xenophobia, racism and hate...

As South Africa last week marked the first anniversary of the July unrest that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, the use of social...

A week after members of Operation Dudula allegedly threatened to burn it down, the iconic Yeoville market in Johannesburg was set on fire in...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to exercise tolerance and to fight xenophobia in all its forms. This as the continent marks Africa...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to condemn anti-foreigner sentiments, acts of vigilantism and assure citizens that government is dealing with illegal...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called for swift action against any criminality in Diepsloot but also warned residents not to take...

Once relegated to the margins of South African politics, anti-immigrant activism has gone mainstream. Several anti-immigrant groups including Operation Dudula, All Trucker Foundation and...

Deputy President David Mabuza has called for calm and restraint following recent outbreaks of protests against foreign nationals. The Deputy President, who called for the...

A concerted effort is needed to prevent attacks on irregular migrants ahead of this year’s local elections. The past year has been deadly for African...

There is a coordinated attempt to manipulate conversations with a xenophobic tone on South African social media platforms, analysts from the Centre for Analytics...

Around 100 people were arrested as part of an operation to disperse refugees and asylum seekers staging a prolonged sit-in near the United Nations...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said a wave of deadly violence against Nigerians and other foreign nationals in South Africa last month was an embarrassment...

In many ways, xenophobia is no different from racism. Its victims suffer real harm. Those who commit these crimes are motivated by prejudice, intolerance,...

Cabinet is determined to decisively address the underlying causes which led to the attacks on foreign nationals and some South Africans. “We also in the...

At least 640 Nigerians signed up for free flights home from South Africa after xenophobic attacks on foreigners, a spokeswoman for Nigeria’s president said. ...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said government has moved to restore stability in areas where incidents of public violence flared up...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned a resurgence of public violence that claimed two lives in Johannesburg on Sunday 08 September. The President has also expressed...

South Africa promised on Thursday to tackle the prejudice fuelling a wave of riots and xenophobic attacks, as growing international anger over the violence...

For more than a decade corruption, poor policy choices and deteriorating governance have weakened South Africa’s criminal justice institutions and its economy. The recent...

Once again South Africa’s government has been caught off guard by a spate of attacks by locals on foreign African nationals. And once again...

North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro, has called for calm while also condemning acts of violence that broke out in Klerksdorp recently. "The...

At least two people were killed and foreign-owned shops were looted in the South African township of Soweto on Wednesday, police said. Anti-immigrant...

Blaming undocumented foreign nationals for crime in South Africa is nothing new, despite the lack of evidence to back such perceptions. However...

South Africa and Nigeria have agreed to establish an early warning centre to help mitigate and monitor possible threats and violence against...

The latest outburst of xenophobic violence in South Africa's political capital, Pretoria, and commercial capital, Johannesburg, is once again reverberating across the...

About 100 people ransacked shops in Johannesburg overnight, police said on Monday, in the latest of a wave of looting incidents in...

South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of citizens and non-nationals marching in the capital...

At least 20 shops possibly belonging to immigrants were looted in South Africa's capital overnight, police said, but could not confirm if...

The Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) set up to look at migration, Minister Jeff Radebe, says the South African government is...

Two South Africa men captured in local media images beating and stabbing a Mozambican man to death during the anti-foreigner violence in...

Operation Fiela, launched in May initially as an anti-xenophobic initiative but later expanded into an overall anti-crime drive, is still running but...

Just short of two months into Operation Fiela, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has adopted a letter informing Parliament of...

Just short of two months into Operation Fiela, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) has adopted a letter informing Parliament of...

Minister Jeff Radebe has told South Africa the situation post the eruption of violence in April has stabilised and the country's security...

South Africa has temporarily halted the deportation of 200 foreigners after a legal challenge by a human rights group, which said authorities...

The SA National Defence Union (Sandu) this week "rejected" soldiers working alongside police in the Western Cape, where they are finding and...

Speech matters: although perhaps not to the government ministers who don't seem to fully understand the fall-out of the comments they make....

Government's Operation Fiela, aimed at cracking down on crime and restoring order in areas hit by xenophobic violence, has to date seen...

The recall of Nigeria's top diplomat after a spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa follows several similar spats that expose the...

Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe is "satisfied" the country's law enforcement agencies, aided by soldiers, have brought peace and calm to...

President Jacob Zuma, Commander-in-Chief of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), has authorised the deployment of 338 soldiers at a cost of...

South Africa remains committed to maintaining friendly relations with Nigeria after Abuja recalled its ambassador to Pretoria in the wake of attacks...

A crowd of stick-wielding supporters at a soccer stadium roared their approval as South Africa's Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, insisted he was...

Nigeria's foreign ministry has summoned South Africa's high commissioner over anti-immigrant violence in which at least seven people have been killed, it...

The outbreak of xenophobic attacks which has seen the military mobilised as part of government's an all-out attempt to normalise the situation...

Speaking in Alexandra, Johannesburg, yesterday Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said the army had been deployed to the area adding...

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has cut short an official visit to Indonesia and Turkey deeming it necessary to be part of government's...

When he heard angry screams and the hammering of hatchets on the door of his shack last week, Malawian Folias Sakai thought...

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Saturday cancelled a state visit to Indonesia to deal with a wave of anti-immigrant violence at...

South Africa sought diplomatic support from countries across the continent on Friday to defeat the "demon" of anti-immigrant violence in which at...