Xenophobia
Africa Solidarity Network welcomes Zuma’s call to deal with illegal migrants
While speaking at an ANC-led virtual panel discussion on Sunday, Zuma said the party had often avoided the matter for fear of being branded as xenophobic.
This week foreign-owned shops were targeted again in the Durban CBD, allegedly by members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association.
Foreign nationals working and living in Durban fear that they will be attacked again after their businesses were looted and torched during a protest on Monday.
At least two shops and a stall belonging to a street vendor were set alight.
In his tweets, since deleted, Matera spoke of 'running over blacks' with his car and disparaged Bolivians and Paraguayans.
There's been a spate of violence on trucks where at least 29 of them were targeted in the past week allegedly in protest to the employment of foreign nationals in the sector.
Reacting to calls for action on the recent xenophobic violence in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala called on locals to embrace social cohesion and for foreign nationals to ensure that they are in the country legally.
Two weeks ago, foreign nationals operating shops in the Workshop area of the Durban CBD were attacked and asked to leave the country.
Some members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans (MKMVA) in KwaZulu-Natal accompanied by homeless people are believed to have been among those who ransacked and shut down shops owned by foreign nationals.
Many of the claims those who support the Put South Africans First movement make on social media and repeated at recent marches in Pretoria are inaccurate and often entirely false.
The media was found to be potentially highly influential in changing public opinion on immigration, research showed.
A number of civil society organisations and ordinary citizens marched from Church Square in Pretoria to the Nigerian embassy to protest against human trafficking and illegal foreign nationals. #PutSouthAfricaFirst #OnlyOneSA
The group said xenophobia remained widespread in South Africa despite a government action plan rolled out in May 2019 to combat 'intolerance'.
Reminiscent of the days of the UK's Bell Pottinger fightback campaign for the Gupta family a couple of years ago, key narratives around xenophobia are being curated and amplified by a dedicated network of connected users.
A number of trucks were set alight after drivers protested against the employment of foreign nationals in the past week.
The precious food is swiftly taken from the car boot and back seat and lined up in bags in the courtyard, rather like a military parade. It is time for the handout.
According to Antonio Guterres, migrants and refugees have been 'vilified as a source of the virus -- and then denied access to medical treatment.'
Refugee leader Papy Sukami, who appeared in court on Friday on robbery and assault charges, said they didn’t want to be deported and still wanted to be resettled.
She was among the foreign nationals who were forced away from Greenmarket Square on Sunday.