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.
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.
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.
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.
Papy Sukami was arrested last week for robbery and assault. He appeared in a Cape Town court on Thursday.
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.
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.
The ANC is yet to publicly back Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's economic growth plan, which was discussed in detail during the NEC meeting.
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.
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.
President Ramaphosa was booed when addressing mourners at the official funeral service of Robert Mugabe in Harare.
They were caught in the latest flare-up of violence, mainly in Gauteng, leading to retaliatory attacks in areas including Lagos.
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.
According to 'The Herald' newspaper, about 171 Zimbabweans have taken up the offer and would be going back home.
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.
South Africa and Nigeria need to lead policy debates on long term measures to address migration in Africa.
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.
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.
