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Xenophobia

Behind the Johannesburg riots: How did they happen?
Article
/ 6 September 2019

Behind the Johannesburg riots: How did they happen?

It could be angry truckers, but security cluster officials are investigating the possibility of an orchestrated campaign to destabilise the country

By Sabelo Skiti and Thanduxolo Jika
Attacks point to ‘deeply entrenched’ xenophobic attitudes
Article
/ 6 September 2019

Attacks point to ‘deeply entrenched’ xenophobic attitudes

It is more than a decade since the 2008 attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, during which more than 60 people were killed

By Thando Maeko
Prejudice against immigrants cuts across class and race
Article
/ 5 September 2019

Prejudice against immigrants cuts across class and race

Xenophobia, the study shows, is part of a broader problem of prejudice in South African society

By Jacques Coetzee 1
Violence exacts huge toll on lives and a R1bn loss in the freight sector
Article
/ 5 September 2019

Violence exacts huge toll on lives and a R1bn loss in the freight sector

The Road Freight Association puts the cost of the ongoing attacks on trucks at about R1.2-billion with 1 200 vehicles and cargo destroyed

By Thando Maeko
South Africa is burning: femicide, xenophobia and protests
Article
/ 4 September 2019

South Africa is burning: femicide, xenophobia and protests

South Africans and migrants alike struggle to lead dignified lives. People are desperate and fed up

By Zaheera Jinnah
Scores arrested in looting, xenophobic protests
Article
/ 3 September 2019

Scores arrested in looting, xenophobic protests

At least 70 people have been arrested since hundreds of people marched through Johannesburg’s Central Business District on Monday

By Susan Njanji and Sofia Christensen
Xenophobia and party politics in South Africa
Article
/ 3 September 2019

Xenophobia and party politics in South Africa

All political parties in SA try to mobilise voters based on their and voters’ xenophobia and they’re outdoing each other

By Savo Heleta
Strangers are blamed for our burdens
Article
/ 16 August 2019

Strangers are blamed for our burdens

Politicians find quick fix ‘solutions’ in a bid to appease citizens who accept false information

By Andile Zulu
ACRM stands in solidarity with the arrested foreign nationals
Multimedia
/ 13 August 2019

ACRM stands in solidarity with the arrested foreign nationals

ACRM President Teenage Moosa Kumbe explains why they showed support for the foreign nationals who were arrested last week.

By Malcolm Sekgothe
EDITORIAL: Blaming migrants not on
Article
/ 8 August 2019

EDITORIAL: Blaming migrants not on

Blaming foreigners for a nation’s problems is a tactic beloved of populist and nationalist politicians everywhere

By Editorial
ANC booed at xenophobic panel
Article
/ 27 April 2019

ANC booed at xenophobic panel

Political leaders discussed attacks on foreign nationals and while most of the parties had their views applauded, the ANC representative was booed

By Eyaaz Matwadia
We are not xenophobic, we are Afrophobic
Article
/ 25 April 2019

We are not xenophobic, we are Afrophobic

South Africans need to be taught that our democracy is thanks to our neighbours

By Jacqueline Tizora
Editorial: The marginalised are still muzzled
Article
/ 5 April 2019

Editorial: The marginalised are still muzzled

If you live in Alexandra, Khayelitsha or a thousand other communities where the government has failed to deliver services, you are ignored

By Editorial
Resolute in the face of xenophobia
Article
/ 5 April 2019

Resolute in the face of xenophobia

Many residents fled after Durban’s third wave of attacks, but to others leaving is just not an option

By Paddy Harper
Populist politicians’ power-plays
Article
/ 5 April 2019

Populist politicians’ power-plays

Xenophobic violence condemned by both the ANC and DA as the May 8 elections moves closer

By Paddy Harper
Halt the capitalist crisis gripping the world
Article
/ 11 January 2019

Halt the capitalist crisis gripping the world

Today’s capitalism is a slide into authoritarianism, using Islamophobia, xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism to keep the state in power

By Vashna Jagarnath
Mashaba, SAHRC reach settlement on Ebola tweets
Article
/ 5 December 2018

Mashaba, SAHRC reach settlement on Ebola tweets

A series of tweets insinuating the spread of Ebola was caused by undocumented migrants landed City of Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba in hot water

By Mashadi Kekana
The fear of the feminine is futile
Article
/ 23 November 2018

The fear of the feminine is futile

The heterosexual community is not the only group responsible for gender suppression

By Zanta Nkumane
Editorial: It’s inequality that breeds violence
Article
/ 31 August 2018

Editorial: It’s inequality that breeds violence

‘The persecution of the weak and the vulnerable finds new iterations all the time’

By Editorial
Ramaphosa: ‘Like it or not, Nigeria and South Africa are joined at the hip’
Africa
/ 12 July 2018

Ramaphosa: ‘Like it or not, Nigeria and South Africa are joined at the hip’

President Ramaphosa has promised to mend ties with Nigeria during his state visit to Abuja

By Simon Allison
Can South Africa celebrate Africa Month?
Article
/ 25 May 2018

Can South Africa celebrate Africa Month?

We need to reflect more as we embrace Africa Month as to why and how xenophobia is fuelled in our country

By Staff Reporter
We need our foreign doctors
Article
/ 6 April 2018

We need our foreign doctors

Yet these skilled professionals are discriminated against by their colleagues

By Palesa Lebitse
Will colourism be SA’s red scare?
Article
/ 15 March 2018

Will colourism be SA’s red scare?

Reminiscent of the McCarthy witch-hunts, darker-hued people are seen as not ‘belonging’

By Kiri Rupiah
The very American myth of ‘exceptional immigrants’
Article
/ 21 January 2018

The very American myth of ‘exceptional immigrants’

It is time for more privileged immigrants in the US to stop seeing themselves as more deserving than others.

By M Neelika Jayawardane
A case for daisies and kwerekwere
Article
/ 18 August 2017

A case for daisies and kwerekwere

Colonisers. Aliens. Invasive. Cause damage. Threaten. The language of xenophobia is also applied to plants.

By Laura Yeatman
Editorial: Beware deputy top cop’s fascism
Article
/ 21 July 2017

Editorial: Beware deputy top cop’s fascism

After his strong words on foreigners in South Africa, what will deputy police minister Bongani Mkongi say when next xenophobic violence flares up?

By Editorial
​In the age of xenophobia, we ought to rethink ‘the foreigner’
Article
/ 11 April 2017

​In the age of xenophobia, we ought to rethink ‘the foreigner’

Strangers are feared yet are often the vulnerable, so face the ‘threat’ and check our morality.

By Rafael Winkler
Xenophobia’s shameful assault on schoolchildren
Article
/ 10 March 2017

Xenophobia’s shameful assault on schoolchildren

It is important that schools realise that they have to take the lead in shaping thought and public mores.

By Staff Reporter
​I don’t need to bleed for you to see my humanity
Analysis
/ 3 March 2017

​I don’t need to bleed for you to see my humanity

There’s another reason why xenophobia festers as South Africa’s national disease.

By Kiri Rupiah
Beware the fake empathy of liberals
Article
/ 3 March 2017

Beware the fake empathy of liberals

"Do liberals care to chip away at inequality in the spaces they control?"

By Eusebius McKaiser
​ICC case shows executive can’t act unilaterally
Article
/ 28 February 2017

​ICC case shows executive can’t act unilaterally

A high court ruling exposes government’s poor legal advice and ignorance of   the Constitution.

By Serjeant At The and Bar Author
Thabo Mbeki: Attacking foreign nationals is not patriotic or revolutionary
Article
/ 27 February 2017

Thabo Mbeki: Attacking foreign nationals is not patriotic or revolutionary

The newly-elected chancellor of Unisa says South Africans must not forget the support shown by African countries during the struggle for liberation.

By Tshidi Madia
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