While police action this time around has been swift, justice for many of those involved in the xenophobic attacks has been painfully slow.
"The mysterious incompatibility of bias and brigandry" sums up the government’s curious responses to the current xenophobic violence.
By day the 26-year-old SA woman sells vetkoek and apples on a bustling street in Du Noon, at night she sleeps at the home of her Malawian friend.
Cope MP Phillip Dexter and his wife have laid assault charges against each other.
Some foreigners are slowly going back to their homes, but others remain cautious.
An exodus of senior managers from the communications department has followed Mamodupi Mohlala’s appointment as director general 10 months ago.
An acting director general was appointed for two days this week in the communications department after a mysterious fallout.
While Siphiwe Nyanda was living a five-star life at Cape Town’s top hotels, his deputy minister and director general were following his example.
Consortium partners organising Cup ceremonies wanted “space wasting” musician to quit.
The new head of the state advocates’ body has ruffled feathers by backing Menzi Simelane’s transformation plans.