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Lesufi promises to put pupils' safety first amid Gauteng violence
MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the Lungisani Primary School in Katlehong, on the East Rand, on Wednesday afternoon following reports that the institution was set alight.
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Mnangagwa: SA must use force to quell xenophobic attacks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the comments at a dinner hosted for him by Zimbabweans based in Cape Town.
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AKA, Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage voice their opinions over xenophobic attacks in SA
If you go on Twitter today, you will be met with the hashtags #XenophobiaInSouthAfrica, #XenophobicAttacks, #Xenophobia... The unrest in Gauteng is leading conversations.
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Fake news: Here's all the videos that are not from xenophobic attacks
While South Africa is gripped by a spate of violent attacks in the Johannesburg CBD and surrounding areas, many of the videos circulating on social media are fake. Here are some of the false videos spreading on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
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Mashaba wants SANDF deployed to deal with JHB violence against foreign nationals
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba said he would write to Gauteng Premier David Makhura, requesting he ask President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy the army to assist the South African Police Service (Saps).
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Attacks on foreign nationals are a form of hate crime
Political parties must not tap dance around the issue of violence against foreign nationals, but must rather call things as they are, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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Ramaphosa: Xenophobia puts South Africans abroad at risk of retaliatory attacks
There is 'no justification to blame foreigners for lack of jobs. This must be stopped,' President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a video posted on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
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100 people arrested for looting, violence in Joburg CBD
Police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo said that those arrested would appear in various courts soon.
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SA govt blamed for not doing enough to protect foreign national truck drivers
Truckers used their vehicles to block blocked roads and intersections in the city and other areas, as part of a nationwide protest.
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Police Minister Bheki Cele to meet with community leaders amid Joburg unrest
Several areas in the city, including Jeppestown, Ekurhuleni, Mayfair and Zuurfontein have been hit by sporadic attacks with businesses belonging to foreign nationals being looted and set alight.
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2 more people die in JHB CBD violence as foreign nationals run for their lives
As widespread looting of foreign-owned businesses escalated through Johannesburg's CBD, two more people were killed in the violence.
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Interministerial meeting set to discuss attacks on foreign truck drivers
A group calling itself the National Truck Drivers' Foundation has threatened a nationwide protest which could see major roads being affected.
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Tshwane looters target foreign nationals in CBD
Fuad Mohammed who owned two shops said he was targeted by people who stormed his shop before ransacking it.
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We’re not xenophobic - Makhura on tightening border security
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the influx of undocumented migrants needed to be addressed before it became a crisis.
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Orange Grove residents raid foreign national homes after 'used' coffins found
A group of residents went on the rampage on Sunday evicting foreign nationals accusing them of illegally occupying the houses and of dealing in drugs.
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Pandor: There is no targeting of any group of Africans in SA
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said that calls made by a student group in Nigeria for South Africans to be expelled from that country were reckless, unwarranted, and unfortunate.
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S. Africans warned against inciting violence against foreign nationals
Parliament responded to clashes between police and what some claim to be foreign small business owners in the Johannesburg CBD.
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Yeoville residents express mixed feelings following Cele’s visit
Cele and Motsoaledi promised to work hard to address issues such as crime, unemployment and tensions between locals and foreign nationals in the area.
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Motsoaledi: ‘Govt working to fast-track bill on illegal border crossings’
Motsoaledi says the bill has been passed by the National Assembly but it's stuck at the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).
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HRW calls for arrests in SA after attacks on foreigners
From 25 to 27 March, mobs armed with metal rods and machetes broke into the homes of foreigners in Durban on South Africa's east coast, chasing them out and looting their belongings, HRW said.
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Experts warn political parties against exploiting xenophobia for votes
The Scalabrini Centre has held a discussion around migration issues and challenges foreign nationals encounter daily.
