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Fear, uncertainty for migrants after SA xenophobic attacks
Many of the attacks were directed at Nigerian-owned businesses and properties, sparking sharp exchanges between Africa's two superpowers.
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Documentation issues see some Nigerian nationals unable to leave SA
Some Nigerian nationals who want to go home following the recent xenophobic attacks in the country are unable to do so as they do not have the required documentation.
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Nigerian leaving SA: 'It will continue like this, it’s not going to stop'
Dozens of Nigerian nationals queued outside the country’s consulate in Illovo this week hoping to get on the next plane out of South Africa after taking up an offer to be returned because of xenophobic tensions.
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Some displaced foreign nationals say SA is their home
Countries including Nigeria and Zimbabwe offered to help their citizens leave South Africa in the wake of the xenophobic attacks.
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‘I will never be rejected back home,’ says Nigerian national on way home
Nigerian nationals were offered free transport to leave South Africa after attacks on African migrants, which left 12 people dead and hundreds displaced.
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Mapisa-Nqakula: Crime is crime, it doesn't matter who commits it
Members of the National Assembly on Tuesday debated the country's crisis of gender-based violence and the targeting of foreign nationals in recent violent incidents.
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Hundreds of Nigerians to take free evacuation from SA
Private Nigerian airline Air Peace plans to operate two flights with Boeing 777 aircraft, the first leaving Lagos late on Tuesday to return on Wednesday with evacuees.
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Xenophobic attacks won't affect relations between SA, Nigeria - ambassador
Nigeria's High Commissioner Kabiru Bala was among diplomats who met officials from the Department of International Relations on Monday and Minister Naledi Pandor to discuss the recent tensions.
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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.
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Foreign business owners call on govt to halt xenophobia attacks
It was another weekend of destruction in Johannesburg and owners whose shops were vandalised were left to pick up the pieces.
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Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula: Gauteng violence well-organised criminality
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has appealed for those in law enforcement to be be given space to deal with the attacks and those who are fueling them.
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Joburg violence claims second life
Joburg Metro Police Department chief David Tembe has confirmed that a second person has been killed during clashes in the city.
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Buthelezi shunned while trying to address Gauteng violence
Mangosuthu Buthelezi had to sit down for a moment as the multitudes walked away from the stage during his speech at Julies Park in Johannesburg.
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Cele postpones Jhb imbizo over ‘clash’ with reed dance event
Bheki Cele told angry Jeppestown residents he would hear their grievances on Sunday, but he says there was a clash with the reed dance that indunas have to attend.
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SA's reluctance to deal with xenophobia may breed far-right politics: experts
They said the reluctance to deal with xenophobia and the South African public's violent predisposition were enabling an environment which could result in far-right politics.
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Parliament set for snap debate on xenophobia attacks
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise told the National Assembly’s programming committee that a number of parties wrote to her asking for an urgent debate on the matter.
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Gauteng police say decrease in violence linked to increased deployment
Over 280 people have been arrested for public violence since Sunday.
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Cops fire rubber bullets in JHB CBD while looters want foreign nationals gone
Violence erupted in the same area where Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed residents on Tuesday afternoon.
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Police hunting leaders of Gauteng violence, Alex on lockdown
Police have arrested at least six people in Alexandra after the latest spate of looting and arson attacks.
