Political parties use migrants as scapegoats for all that is wrong in South Africa. Civil society organisations need to build a united front against hatred of all forms
As the ashes cool and xenophobia licks at our shared humanity, it is time for a reckoning with who we have become
Real leaders don’t pick on the weak. They include them in problem-solving and strengthening their nations and the continent
Hundreds of terrified African migrants flee to embassies and camps as human rights groups warns of increasing vigilante attacks
For more than 30 years, Cora Bailey has dedicated her life’s work to helping poverty-stricken people and their pets in the west of Joburg
Uplifting, relatable novel uses the relationship between a Zulu woman and a Nigerian man to explore xenophobia
The Geneva session was an opportunity for the country to update the UN’s Human Rights Council Working Group on progress made
The former president has called for the movement of people and goods between South Africa and African states to be easier
Populist leaders seek to fill the gap as ANC’s support wane
There is no evidence for claims most are ‘illegal’, ‘job-stealers, ‘criminal’, diseased’ – and at 6.5% of the population, they logistically cannot overwhelm healthcare services either
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
enophobic opportunists and demagogues steer us away from addressing our own social failures
Zimbabweans have been forced by hunger, joblessness, poverty, fear and repression to cross into South Africa — where xenophobia is rife and they are persecuted
The market, allowed to flourish and create jobs, is the solution, not violent nationalism
There are endless protests over service delivery, gender-based violence, crime, the July 2021 unrest and, of course, Operation Dudula’s violence towards foreigners
South Africa needs to hold a national conference on xenophobia, which would be the first step towards building a civic infrastructure to fight discrmination against foreign nationals
Zimbabweans are frustrated by the xenophobic sentiment and violence against them in South Africa, but their real fury is aimed at the Zimbabwean government
Honesty and ethics are in short supply among this vital department’s officials
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
When the infrastructure breaks, the social fabric frays, rape escalates and taps run dry, we curse the foreigner, who is always from another African country
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
The ongoing Afrophobic behaviour in our country is misdirected anger and frustration at the fact that black South Africans still have to make do with welfare crumbs
Operation Dudula has carried out a crackdown against illegal immigrants in Jo’burg, a drive that has resonated with mainly poor, angry South Africans
Anti-foreigner sentiment may be an election-winning issue come 2024. But African immigrants deserve better
The government turns a blind eye to the scapegoating of foreigners because they provide a useful foil to its own failings
A group of Zimbabweans challenging their exclusion from the bar say their home is here, and it is populist opportunism to use unemployment figures to keep their their lives in limbo
Malema’s visits to the hospitality industry are about the greedy business owners, not their workers
Not only is the department dysfunctional and its officials hostile, but it does not act on its legislative and constitutional obligations
The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future
Stigmatising the marginalised is driven by vested interests, both in the case of African foreign nationals subject to xenophobia and South Africans facing economic doom
Afrophobia is an imported anti-African sentiment that internalises colonialism because current state borders never existed in African societies
The relations of social domination are reproduced in our habitual ways of talking