Operation Fiela

Mixed emotions as soldiers return to the Cape Flats

NationalRa'eesa Pather | 2019-07-23 11:27:00

Police Minister Bheki Cele made good on his week-old promise to send the SANDF to the Cape Flats to secure the area while the police searched...

South Africa is on a perilous path to making criminals of people on the move

OpinionAgnes Musonda, Liesbeth Schockaert | 2018-08-16 09:08:00

Over the past decade, the world has been marked by increasingly restrictive responses by states to people on the move. Governments frame asylum...

Leftist tropes and right-wing rhetoric coexist

AnalysisRichard Pithouse | 2017-03-02 00:00:00

When a political order is well established, the mechanisms by which it sustains itself can be normalised to the point that they don’t appear to be...

The numbers behind Operation Fiela

NationalJonisayi Maromo | 2015-09-07 16:14:00

Government’s controversial crime-fighting blitz operation, code-named Operation Fiela, has led to the arrest of over 9 000 people for...

[Video]FIDH: Inquiry into SA xenophobic attacks needed

Multimedia | 2015-07-07 13:52:00

A major human rights group calls for an inquiry into SA's xenophobic attacks, saying the state should ensure the security of all within their borders.

Displaced face uncertain future as SA camp closes

NationalAzad Essa | 2015-06-30 00:00:00

The last camp in South Africa hosting displaced foreigners following a series of xenophobic attacks across the country in April, is scheduled to...

Operation Fiela's warrantless searches challenged

NationalPhillip de Wet | 2015-06-23 13:54:00

A police crackdown on foreigners -- initially framed as a response to xenophobia -- was violating both the law and constitutional rights,...

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