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  • 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.

    1028 days ago
  • FILE: Ex-Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: GCIS

    Mapisa-Nqakula: Almost 700 people arrested during attacks on foreign nationals

    Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said government moved quickly to restore law and order in the Joburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni CBDs and in KwaZulu-Natal.

    1028 days ago
  • MPs stit in the House. Picture: YouTube

    WATCH LIVE: MPs debate xenophobic attacks, gender-based violence in SA

    It's been a tense few weeks for South Africa with attacks on foreign-owned shops and foreign nationals across Gauteng.

    1028 days ago
  • Plainclothes police chase looters in Alexandra, Johannesburg on 3 September 2019. Picture: Bonga Dlulane/EWN

    Officials concede SA’s intelligence failed to pre-empt xenophobic attacks

    Thousands of hostel dwellers armed with sticks and knobkerries marched on the Johannesburg CBD, looting shops and vandalising property.

    1028 days ago
  • FILE: Suspects are loaded into a police van after being arrested for looting in Troyville, Johannesburg on 2 September 2019. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Nigerian ambassador: Nigerians involved in crime in SA must face the law

    Commissioner Kabiru Kabiru said the high commission was aware of allegations levelled against Nigerians amid the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country.

    1028 days ago
  • FILE: Zulu hostel dwellers in Jeppestown gather before Bheki Cele arrives to address them on 3 September 2019. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    ANC warns against labeling violent attacks as xenophobic

    ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina told a media briefing that the lekgotla condemned the recent attacks, but warned against labelling them as xenophobic.

    1028 days ago
  • We weren’t proactive - SAPS top cop Khehla Sitole on xenophobic attacks

    In an interview with EWN's Clement Manyathela on 702, National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole admitted that although they had intelligence on the violence, they were not proactive enough.

    1028 days ago
  • FILE: International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor. Picture: @DIRCO_ZA/Twitter

    Pandor to meet with African ambassadors over xenophobia attacks

    Several parts of Gauteng have been hit by sporadic unrest which has seen shops, many of them owned by foreign nationals, being ransacked and set alight.

    1029 days ago
  • Burnt shells of cars after looters and rioters set fire to foreign owned vehicles and workshops. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    1 killed, 5 wounded in new Johannesburg violence

    Johannesburg and other areas were hit by a surge of attacks against businesses owned by migrants in the last week, leaving at least 10 people dead and prompting protests from several African countries.

    1029 days ago
  • Air Tanzania plane. Picture: Air Tanzania on Facebook.

    Air Tanzania suspends flights to JHB amid violence - transport minister

    'We have decided not to transport passengers to the destination where their lives will be in jeopardy,' Tanzania’s Transport Minister Isack Kamwelwe said.

    1033 days ago
  • Malema: Capital is happy we're killing each other

    Speaking at a press conference in Braamfontein, EFF leader Julius Malema said the strengthening of the rand is a sign that the violence in South Africa is making those in power happy.

    1032 days ago
  • FILE: Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Picture: GCIS.

    Majority of S.Africans appalled at xenophobic attacks – Mboweni tells WEF

    Finance Minister Tito Mboweni told delegates South Africa was going through a difficult time, but that the authorities were dealing with the matter.

    1033 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria. Picture: GCIS.

    Nigeria to take ‘tougher’ stance against SA following xenophobic attacks

    The Nigerian government said it had drawn what it called ‘a red line’ with South Africa over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in the country.

    1033 days ago
  • FILE: Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN..

    Lesufi promises to put pupils' safety first amid Gauteng violence

    MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the Lungisani Primary School in Katlehong, on the East Rand, on Wednesday afternoon following reports that the institution was set alight.

    1033 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

    DRC ambassador not at WEF due to transition in government

    Ambassador Ben Mpoko said they informed the South African government of their non-attendance much earlier.

    1034 days ago
  • Fake news: Here's all the videos that are not from xenophobic attacks

    While South Africa is gripped by a spate of violent attacks in the Johannesburg CBD and surrounding areas, many of the videos circulating on social media are fake. Here are some of the false videos spreading on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

    1033 days ago
  • Violence erupts in Alexandra

    The streets of Alexandra township in Johannesburg was left in disarray after community members looted stores owned by foreign nationals before setting them alight.

    1034 days ago
  • Several shops were looted and set alight in Malvern on 1 September 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Attacks on foreign nationals are a form of hate crime

    Political parties must not tap dance around the issue of violence against foreign nationals, but must rather call things as they are, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.

    1034 days ago
  • FILE: Bafana Bafana players on 1 July 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Zambia cancels Bafana friendly due to attacks on foreign nationals

    Chipolopolo and Bafana Bafana were scheduled to square off on Saturday in Zambia.

    1034 days ago
  • Cele: No need for SANDF in Johannesburg

    Speaking outside Jeppestown police station, Police Minister Bheki Cele said the unrest around Johannesburg is due to disgruntled residents which can't be likened to gangsterism in Western Cape.

    1034 days ago
  • Violence runs rampant in Joburg

    Looting and violence continued to spread throughout Johannesburg as police attempted to clamp down on flare-ups. Click here to subscribe to Eyewitness news: http://bit.ly/EWNSubscribe Like and follow us on: http://bit.ly/EWNFacebookAND https://twitter.com/ewnupdates Keep up to date with all your local and international news: https://ewn.co.za Filmed and Edited by: Thomas Holder Produced by: Thomas Holder

    1034 days ago
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