The Human Rights Commission and legal experts say the Constitution, the National Health Act, the UN Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights obligate South Africa to provide basic healthcare to all people in its borders
The anti-migrant group said the government is not taking decisive action against foreign-owned spaza shops
Discrimination against migrants might have negative repercussions for South Africans in the rest of Africa
Dozens of stalls were reduced to ashes in the fire, with some traders adamant that the Afrophobic vigilante group was to blame
Our reactions would be more positive if we understand that bullies act out as result of their own pain
The movement purports to only encourage the government to act on undocumented immigrants but that’s a falsehood and its activities are criminal
State security and the SAPS are on high alert as vigilante group gain momentum, but police concede they do not have the resources to stop Operation Dudula form stoking xenophobia
The president says the party cannot support ‘vigilantism’ and ‘wanton violence’ against migrants
Despite warnings that vigilante organisations can become xenophobic and violent, the ruling ANC says the more grassroots groups like these, the better
The state’s failure to act as a source of moral or political authority creates a vacuum that ‘seductive’ populist movements are happy to fill