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Operation Dudula members in Rosslyn, Pretoria, on Tuesday, 29 March 2022. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

Coalition against xenophobia

Rising vigilantism: South Africa is reaping the fruits of misrule

By Loren Landau

Once relegated to the margins of politics, anti-immigrant activism has gone mainstream. Several anti-immigrant groups have become reference points for national...

  • Academic Thami Mazwai speaks during the launch of an anti-xenophobia initiative in Kliptown. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Using dialogue to narrow the xenophobic rift

    In the wake of the looting and xenophobic violence that rocked Soweto earlier this year, Entrepreneurs for Inclusive Development have launched a campaign that seeks to create dialogue between locals and foreign shop owners.

    2501 days ago
  • FILE: Doctors Without Borders said the remaining foreign nationals at refugee camps in KwaZulu-Natal are afraid of going back to their homes because of Operation Fiela. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    ‘Operation Fiela casts fear into foreigners’

    Doctors Without Borders said the remaining foreign nationals at refugee camps in KZN are afraid of going back.

    2551 days ago
  • FILE: Over 1,000 illegal immigrants and nearly 2,000 South Africans have been arrested since the start of operation. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Minister appeals for public to support Operation Fiela

    Over 1,000 illegal immigrants and nearly 2,000 South Africans have been arrested since the start of operation.

    2558 days ago
  • The march against xenophobia attacks ended at the Mary Fitzgerald Square on 23 April 2015, with many people holding signs that call for peace and an end to the attacks. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN.

    Steven Faulkner: ‘Operation Fiela’ compares foreigners to rubbish

    Steven Faulkner and Wayne Ncube led a delegation team which briefed the media on the recent launch of ‘Operation Fiela’’. They also touched on the interdict stopping the repatriation process for two weeks.

    2564 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab picture of Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini.

    SAHRC: Zwelithini forthcoming in hate speech probe

    Last month's xenophobic attacks were largely blamed on comments made by the Zulu king.

    2571 days ago
  • Minister of Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Michael Masutha. Picture: GCIS.

    Minister reveals stats from 2008 xenophobic attacks

    The record gets set straight by Michael Masutha regarding arrests made in connection with 2008 xenophobic violence.

    2577 days ago
  • Police and the army raided the Madala hostel in Alexandra just before midnight on 22 April 2015. The move comes in a bid to quell xenophobic violence. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Saps to continue anti-xenophobic operations

    The Saps briefed Parliament on steps being taken to deal with attacks on immigrants.

    2577 days ago
  • FILE: Zwelinzima Vavi with some of the people who took part in the anti-xenophobia march in Johannesburg on 23 April 2015. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN

    Makhura: Govt will not repeat 2008 xenophobic mistake

    David Makhura joined thousands of locals and foreigners marching through Johannesburg yesterday.

    2582 days ago
  • Jonathan Jansen

    ‘All South Africans are not xenophobic’

    Professor Jonthan Jansen says the actions of a few do not speak for an entire nation.

    2584 days ago
  • Police try to restore order in the Johannesburg CBD during a flare-up of xenophobic violence on 17 April 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    ISS: Saps coping with xenophobia, army is just a political message

    The ISS says the decision to send in the army should not be seen as an indictment of the police.

    2584 days ago
  • Police had their hands full in the Johannesburg CBD on 17 April 2015 in the latest flare-up of xenophobic violence. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Xenophobic attacks: Cops on high alert in JHB CBD

    Police have been battling looting & violence in in Jeppestown, Malvern & surrounding areas for two nights.

    2588 days ago
  • Lead SA activist Yusuf Abramjee.

    OPINION: Calling a spade by any other name

    Yusuf Abramjee says it’s a sad day when we forget the atrocities committed during the 2008 xenophobic attacks.

    2590 days ago
  • A screengrab of Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini.

    Hate speech charge laid against Zulu King

    Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini has largely been blamed for fuelling xenophobic tension in KZN.

    2590 days ago
  • 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, South Africa. Picture: AFP.

    South Africans turn to Twitter to condemn xenophobic attacks

    Twitter users took the platform to register their shock and dismay at the current xenophobic violence.

    2591 days ago
  • A Congolese foreign national reads a book as he walks through a damaged camp site on18 June, 2008 at a temporary refugees camp in Soetwater on the outskirt of Cape Town. Picture: AFP.

    Xenophobia in focus

    EWN takes a look at possible reasons for violence and a timeline of attacks since 2008.

    2593 days ago
  • AFCONned

    CARTOON: AFCONned! SA's not playing fair

    CARTOON: AFCONned! SA's not playing fair

    2669 days ago
  • Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant labelled an opposition MP a foreign national in Parliament. Picture: EWN.

    Oliphant accused of xenophobia

    Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant labelled an opposition MP a foreign national in Parliament.

    3110 days ago
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