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  • Foreign shop owners gathered what was left of their property after community members looted their stores in Alexandra township on 3 September 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Nigeria calls on SA to compensate foreign shop owners amid attacks

    Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said the victims of these attacks taking place around Gauteng deserved to be compensated.

    1036 days ago
  • The fightback against looters in Johannesburg CBD

    Video footage of foreign nationals preparing to fight back against looters who have set stores alight in and around Gauteng has emerged on social media.

    1036 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS

    16 arrested following looting of Soweto shops

    Several foreign-owned shops were ransacked in areas including Orlando, Jabulani, Protea Glen and White City.

    1055 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko. Picture: EWN

    Gauteng Safety MEC condemns looting of foreign nationals' shops in Soweto

    On Wednesday night, residents from several parts of Soweto, including Dobsonville, Zola and Orlando looted shops owned by foreign nationals.

    1055 days ago
  • ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on the campaign trail in Sandton on 4 April 2019. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    Ending corruption, fixing Eskom and other things Cyril Ramaphosa promised to do

    With the 2019 elections fast approaching, President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit the campaign trail, holding a public engagement in Sandton on Thursday where he answered some tough questions from South African citizens.

    1187 days ago
  • By Dr Jack & Curtis.

    CARTOON: Xenophobia By Any Other Name...

    By Dr Jack & Curtis.

    1188 days ago
  • DA leader Mmusi Maimane at Kleivlei, Cape Town, engaging with residents about the crime that has plagued the area. Picture:Our_DA/Twitter.

    The rights of citizens and non-citizens must be protected in SA, says Maimane

    DA leader Mmusi Maimane said violence on foreign nationals won’t advance a united society.

    1190 days ago
  • FILE: Acting Director-General of GCIS Phumla Williams at Government Communicators Forum. Picture: GCIS.

    Phumla Williams: Attacks on foreign nationals in KZN are acts of criminality

    Acting GCIS Director-General Williams Phumla supports the view of International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu they are acts of criminality.

    1190 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: GCIS

    Sisulu assures African ambassadors SA dealing with attacks on foreign nationals

    International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu insists that the attacks were not xenophobic but merely criminality.

    1190 days ago
  • Minister of Police Bheki Cele at the announcement of the new NDPP at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 5 December 2018. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Give police time to probe threats against foreign nationals, says Cele

    Police Minister Beki Cele has briefed African ambassadors on the xenophobic violence in Durban this past week.

    1190 days ago
  • FILE:  Human Settlement Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: GCIS.

    Sisulu calls on S Africans to take stand against attacks on foreign nationals

    There’s been an increase in sporadic assaults on immigrants that have raised fears of a resurgence of xenophobic attacks.

    1192 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: @DIRCO_ZA/Twitter.

    Lindiwe Sisulu criticises attacks on foreign nationals in Durban

    Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says fellow Africans should be welcomed in the country as South African citizens and businesses are well received in other countries within the continent.

    1193 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    Govt condemns attacks on foreign nationals in KZN, Limpopo

    This follows attacks on foreign nationals in the two provinces over the last two days which resulted in some of them seeking refuge at police stations and a mosque.

    1195 days ago
  • FILE: Alexandra Police Station in Johannesburg. Picture: EWN

    Alex police accused of helping locals force foreign nationals from RDP homes

    The foreigners claim they were sold RDP houses and are now being forced to move out without being reimbursed.

    1294 days ago
  • The SAHRC listens to a presentation on counterfeit goods from the Somali South Africa organisation on 12 September 2018. Picture: @SAHRCommission/Twitter

    City of Ekurhuleni says it recently seized suspected counterfeit goods

    The cities of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni and the Somali Community Board have been presenting evidence regarding the looting of stores and violence in Soweto earlier this month.

    1391 days ago
  • A fire broke out in a Johannesburg building destroying shops owned by foreign nationals. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Civil society organisations concerned about attacks on foreign nationals

    Right2Know spokesperson Dale McKinley says the looting and the spreading of threatening messages should end and basic human rights must be respected.

    1395 days ago
  • A group of White City residents gathers near a news crew after some of the stores have been looted and two people killed. Picture: Katleho Sekhotho/EWN.

    Police remain on high alert in White City following violent clashes

    Police have confirmed that two foreign nationals allegedly involved in the shootings were arrested they were also found in possession of unlicensed firearms.

    1405 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa in Nigerian. Picture: GCIS.

    'South Africans don't have any form of hatred towards Nigerians'

    President Cyril Ramaphosa met with his Nigeria counterpart Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday where the purported targeted killings of Nigerians in South Africa was high on the agenda.

    1454 days ago
  • FILE: Running battles between protesters and police continue into the night in Mahikeng as demonstrators continue in their demands for the removal of Premier Supra Mahumapelo. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee/EWN

    Hundreds of foreign nationals stranded in NW following protests

    Most foreigners here say they are afraid to return to their communities while Mahumapelo remains in his position because they fear a resurgence of violence.

    1511 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Foreign shop owners in KZN plead for govt protection following threat

    Foreign shop owners in KZN townships have been living in fear since the emergence of a threatening letter from the Northern Region Business Association.

    1511 days ago
  • FILE: Foreign nationals gesture after clashes broke out between a group of locals and police in Durban on 14 April 2015 in ongoing violence against foreign nationals in Durban. Picture: AFP.

    Shut businesses or face attacks, locals instruct KZN foreign shop owners

    Tensions have been simmering for some time in KZN’s northern townships, with locals accusing foreigner nationals of putting them out of business.

    1512 days ago
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