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The first target: Xenowatch talking to victims of xenophobic violence. Between 1994 and November 2021, the platform identified 873 incidents of victimisation, which included 612 deaths, 1 184 physical assaults, 122 298 people displaced and 6 306 shops or properties looted or damaged. Photo: Xenowatch ACMS
ELVIS NYATHI

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…

  • Ncebakazi Makwetu
8 min read
South Africa must resist two dangerous temptations simultaneously: the temptation to demonise all foreign nationals and the temptation to silence every concern about illegal immigration through accusations of xenophobia. (Paul Botes)
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OPINION | Genocide: It’s never far away if people are not prepared to stand up and oppose it

Research has shown that more than 150 000 people have been killed, injured, or displaced in xenophobic incidents across South Africa since 1994.

  • Derek Davey
9 min read