Operation Dudula
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Denying SA is xenophobic: sounds like Trump’s Maga
The two are a mirror of one another.When democracy declines, societies become divided by race, religion and ethnicity. Leaders tolerate or encourage violence to further their own…
Mashaba: ActionSA “would celebrate” Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma as eThekwini mayoral candidate
Herman Mashaba says ActionSA would “embrace” a possible mayoral candidacy by Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma in eThekwini, as the party sharpens its focus on undocumented foreigners ahead…
The left must eschew xenophobia
Xenophobia offers a simple but misleading explanation for a complex crisis. It reframes mass unemployment, failing public services and weak governance as a question of belonging
Smuggled birth control pills in demand
Female migrants cite barriers to accessing local healthcare facilities
Court orders government, police to block vigilantes from two clinics — and put up warnings at entrances
The judgment complements a November ruling meant to stop groups such as Operation Dudula from blocking foreign nationals from entering government hospitals and clinics and…
Xenophobia, ignorance and civic deficits: Rethinking African attitudes toward migrants in public spaces
The hostility directed at migrants often stems from ignorance of civic rights and scapegoating by politicians wanting to deflect blame from their ineptitude
Right-wing populism targets migrants
Politicians all over the world are deflecting people’s anger and resentment at their failings onto a convenient scapegoat
Xenophobia debases us all
Xenophobia is festering across the world. In South Africa it carries a dangerous legitimacy, cloaked in the language of liberation, and now embodied in open fascism of Operation…
Evil doesn’t wait for language: We must name xenophobia for what it is
But there is hope. Poor South Africans, the very people Operation Dudula claims to represent, are standing against this form of hatred and extreme violence
ActionSA pushes for constitutional change as Operation Dudula targets migrants at clinics
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…
South African election exposes the pitfalls of neoliberalism
Populist parties have made considerable gains in the wake of the government’s insecurity-inducing economic policies
Myths and realities: Are migrants really the problem?
Public figures are often quick to heighten negative stereotypes about migrants
Gender violence, xenophobia, corruption: South Africa’s human rights problems continue in 2023
Report says crime statistics at the end of August reflected limited improvement on protecting women’s rights
Xenophobia and the beggaring of neighbours
South Africa is quick to forget ubuntu or its own destabilising role when it comes to regional policies
A bus trip from Zimbabwe to South Africa is through the belly of corruption
The broken Zimbabwe economy and political system are too much of a push factor for xenophobia and Aaron Motsoaledi to stop people seeking refuge in Mzansi