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Disgruntled South African job seekers belonging to the so-called "Operation Dudula" movement sing slogans and dance while marching through Alexandra township, on 7 March 2022. Picture: Michele Spatari/AFP

Attacks on foreign nationals

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Crime, not migrants, the common enemy we must work to defeat

By Cyril Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that it was deeply disturbing how the recent incidents of anti-foreigner sentiment in parts of the country echoed our apartheid...

  • Bredasdorp Police Station

    Bredasdorp activist pleads for donations to help displaced foreign nationals

    More than 1,000 men, women and children from Zimbabwe and Malawi were forced to flee their homes in the Zwelitsha area after they were targeted in xenophobic and Afrophobic violence earlier this month.

    47 days ago
  • Bredasdorp Police Station

    Bredasdorp facing crisis after attacks on foreign nationals, says local leader

    More than 1,000 foreign nationals are living in municipal halls and a mosque after they were targeted in xenophobic and Afrophobic violence earlier this month.

    48 days ago
  • FILE: Last week, some residents embarked on a service delivery protest. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News.

    Calm restored to Bredasdorp after attacks on foreign nationals

    Municipal manager Eben Phillips said almost a thousand foreign nationals have sought refuge in municipal halls and a mosque following violent clashes with local residents.

    49 days ago
  • FILE: KZN Speaker Nontombeko Boyce said foreign nationals are targeted by locals because of  challenges such as economic exclusion and unemployment. Picture: EWN

    KZN lawmakers call for govt intervention amid growing xenophobic sentiment

    Following an MKMVA protest in the province, Provincial Legislature Speaker Nontembeko Boyce said a high unemployment level has resulted in some citizens using foreign nationals as scapegoats for their economic woes.

    558 days ago
  • Self-described leader of a group of foreign nationals Papy Sukami seen after being released on bail in Cape Town on 9 January 2019. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Leader of foreign nationals released on bail, banned from CT CBD

    Papy Sukami was arrested last week for robbery and assault. He appeared in a Cape Town court on Thursday.

    859 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters pictured on 16 October 2019 outside the offices of the UNHCR in Pretoria against xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Picture: Jean-Jacques Cornish/EWN

    Pretoria residents head to court to help refugees camping at UNHCR offices

    Refugees have been sleeping at the centre for weeks now, demanding to be moved to safety, away from the xenophobic attacks that they have suffered in South Africa.

    935 days ago
  • Hostel dwellers in Jeppestown gather before Bheki Cele arrives to address them on 3 September 2019. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    The toxic cocktail that fuels South Africa's xenophobia

    The deadly assaults rocked South Africa's relations with its neighbours but especially with Nigeria, whose president, Muhammadu Buhari, begins a state visit here on Thursday.

    958 days ago
  • FILE: ANC leadership at the party's special NEC meeting on 29 September 2019 in Pretoria. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter.

    ANC to announce decisions taken at special NEC meeting

    The ANC is yet to publicly back Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's economic growth plan, which was discussed in detail during the NEC meeting.

    958 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the World Economic Forum Africa event at the CTICC in Cape Town on 4 September 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    JUDITH FEBRUARY: Ramaphosa is losing the PR battle

    As a former negotiator and a ‘union man’, we need to see more of Cyril Ramaphosa’s raw political instincts coming to the fore, writes Judith February.

    964 days ago
  • FILE: International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor. Picture: GCIS.

    Pandor: Africa must take collective accountability for xenophobic attacks

    Minister Naledi Pandor has delayed her trip to the united nations to meet diaspora civil society organizations in Pretoria to find solutions to the violence.

    969 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa pictured at the state funeral of Robert Mugabe on 14 September 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    An apology is not enough, Zimbabweans tell Ramaphosa

    President Ramaphosa was booed when addressing mourners at the official funeral service of Robert Mugabe in Harare.

    975 days ago
  • Several shops were looted and set alight in Malvern on 1 September 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Fear after some Nigerians lost travel documents in Gauteng violence

    They were caught in the latest flare-up of violence, mainly in Gauteng, leading to retaliatory attacks in areas including Lagos.

    978 days ago
  • 'I'm tired, I want to go home' - Displaced foreign nationals

    Hundreds of Mozambican, Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals who were displaced by the recent wave of clashes between locals and foreign nationals are living at community halls in Katlehong. They said they were ready to go home if South Africans didn't want them in the country, but warned that South Africans would regret it.

    978 days ago
  • Zimbabwean nationals at the DK Williams Community Centre in Katlehong. Picture: Bonga Dlulane/EWN

    Zim offers transportation for citizens wishing to return home from SA

    According to 'The Herald' newspaper, about 171 Zimbabweans have taken up the offer and would be going back home.

    978 days ago
  • 'We are one family'- SA MPs call for an end to xenophobic attacks

    After the recent spate of xenophobic attacks rocked the country, South Africa's Members of Parliament debated the issue in the National Assembly on 10 September 2019.

    978 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria. Picture: GCIS.

    ANALYSIS: Xenophobia: Time for cool heads to prevail in Nigeria and SA

    South Africa and Nigeria need to lead policy debates on long term measures to address migration in Africa.

    979 days ago
  • We'll tackle xenophobia, attend Mugabe funeral - Magashule

    ANC secretary general Ace Magashule held a press briefing on Tuesday on the xenophobic attacks and the party's attendance at Robert Mugabe's funeral. He also addressed gender-based violence.

    979 days ago
  • FILE: Zulu hostel dwellers in Jeppestown cheer against Min Cele. They did not accept his conditions. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    SA is in a crisis, say MPs during debate on xenophobic attacks, GBV

    The first MP to take to the podium was Inkatha Freedom Party’s former leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who made the initial call for the urgent debate.

    979 days ago
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