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  • Police made several arrests during an overnight raid at a Jeppestown hostel in Johannesburg. Picture: Alex Eliseev/EWN

    #Xenophobia: Police & army to 'take back the streets'

    Eleven people were arrested and police seized illegal weapons and drugs druing the raid.

    2622 days ago
  • FILE: Around 5,000 people took part in an anti-xenophobic march in Durban on 8 April, 2015. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Anti-xenophobia march to head to Parliament

    This will be the first in a series of events under the anti-xenophobia campaign, Africa Unite.

    2622 days ago
  • Police made several arrests during an overnight raid at a Jeppestown hostel in Johannesburg. Picture: Alex Eliseev/EWN

    Kicking down doors: EWN takes you inside the Jeppestown hostel raid

    EWN takes you inside a joint police and military raid of the Jeppestown hostel on Tuesday night.

    2622 days ago
  • Police made several arrests during an overnight raid at a Jeppestown hostel in Johannesburg. Picture: Alex Eliseev/EWN

    #Xenophobia: Police and military raid Jeppestown hostel

    The Police Commissioner says raids like this sends a message that police are "taking back the streets".

    2622 days ago
  • A Ugandan national runs this Laundromat in Jeppestown. Her glass door was damaged with rocks as locals attempted to gain entry but couldn't because police rapidly responded to the incident. Picture: Masego Rahlaga/EWN.

    Jeppestown foreigners: We forgive South Africans

    Foreigners in Jeppestown say they forgive South Africans and are simply "happy to be alive".

    2623 days ago
  • FILE: Adderley street, Cape Town. Picture: Calhoun Mathews/Primedia.

    Xenophobia: Foreign shopowners in Cape CBD on tenterhooks

    The Mayor says authorities are on standby should foreigners come under attack in the city.

    2623 days ago
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    CARTOON: The Usual Culprits?

    CARTOON: The Usual Culprits?

    2623 days ago
  • Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini greets the crows during his peace Imbizo in KZN on Monday 20 April, 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    King Goodwill Zwelithini: Zulus must be the shield of foreigners

    Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini hosted an imbizo on xenophobia at the Moses Mabida Stadium. He called for unity and peace between Zulus and foreigners.

    2623 days ago
  • Forensic pathologists load the bodies of two South African males that were shot dead in a hostel in Jeppestown on 18 April 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Ministerial task team established to quell xenophobic tensions

    At least 307 people have been arrested with regard to the recent xenophobic attacks in the country.

    2624 days ago
  • Police had their hands full in Johannesburg in the latest flare-up of xenophobic violence in mid-April 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Man photographed stabbing Emmanuel Sithole arrested

    Police confirmed the man who was photographed stabbing Sithole was among those arrested.

    2624 days ago
  • FILE: Scores of foreigners have been displaced following xenophobic violence in Durban. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    Potential crisis looms over KZN 'safety camp'

    More foreigners are flooding into the camp set up in Phoenix almost every day.

    2624 days ago
  • Hostel dwellers in Actonville on the East Rand went on a rampage on 19 April 2015, throwing stones at police and trying to loot foreign owned businesses. Pictures: Mia Lindeque/EWN

    Overnight xenophobic violence in Actonville

    Residents have told EWN the clashes between police and locals continued until around 2am.

    2624 days ago
  • A picture taken by Jon Hrusa during the 2008 xenophobic violence. Picture: Jon Hrusa.

    Misleading xenophobic messages & images investigated

    State Security Minister David Mahlobo says law enforcement agencies are on the trail of those responsible.

    2624 days ago
  • FILE: Forensic pathologists load the bodies of two South African males that were shot dead in a hostel in Jeppestown on 18 April 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Xenophobia: 307 arrested countrywide

    Seven people have died in xenophobic-related violence which started in KZN and spread to Gauteng.

    2624 days ago
  • FILE. Bafana Bafana’s clash with Senegal on 23 January 2015 in their second Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) campaign. Picture: Twitter via @BafanaBafana.

    Bafana to play in international friendlies to fight xenophobia

    The national team will play two friendlies in a bid to sensitise the public on the evils of xenophobia.

    2625 days ago
  • Forensic pathologists load the bodies of two South African males that were shot dead in a hostel in Jeppestown on 18 April 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Jeppestown shooting: Suspect hands himself over

    Two people were shot dead yesterday amid xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the area.

    2625 days ago
  • Thousands join the peace march in Durban on 16 April 2015. Police keeping close watch at the hotspots. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Mugabe 'shocked, disgusted' by SA's xenophobic violence

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says all Africans in South Africa should be treated with dignity.

    2626 days ago
  • Two South Africans have been killed in a hostel in Jeppestown during the xenophobic attacks on 18 April 2015. Picture: Nomsa Mdhluli/EWN.

    Jeppestown murders: Suspect arrested

    Police say they have arrested a suspect involved in the murder of two men in Jeppestown.

    2626 days ago
  • Two South Africans have been killed in a hostel in Jeppestown during the xenophobic attacks on 18 April 2015. Picture: Nomsa Mdhluli/EWN.

    2 shot dead in volatile Jeppestown

    The area has been a hotspot for xenophobic attacks and the looting of both local and foreign owned shops.

    2626 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.

    2626 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

    Xenophobia in SA: The world is watching

    Minister Jeff Radebe says the impact of the violent attacks have far reaching implications.

    2626 days ago
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