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FILE: Residents in Rosettenville have destroyed property belonging to alleged drug dealers and brothel owners in the area. Picture: @MichaelSun168.

Xenophobic attacks johanessburg

MEC blames Mashaba for recent xenophobic attacks

By Masa Kekana

Gauteng Community MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba's statement on illegal immigrants resulted in her department having its...

  • Police trying to disperse a large crowd of around 2,000 people following a standoff between foreign shop owners & locals in Durban on 14 April 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Media slated for labelling April attacks as 'xenophobia'

    The ad hoc committee on the April attacks has slammed the media for labelling the violence as xenophobia.

    2112 days ago
  • FILE. Men lie flat on the floor as police search their rooms for illegal weapons, stolen goods and drugs during an overnight Operation Fiela raid in Jeppestown. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Operation Fiela: Over 12,000 arrested in KZN

    Suspects were apprehended for murder, rape, robbery and other serious crimes.

    2164 days ago
  • FILE. Police and members from SANDF launched a massive raid at the Jeppestown hostel, searching for illegal weapons, drugs and stolen goods on 21 April 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    'Operation Fiela is not only about foreign nationals'

    Minister Malusi Gigaba says claims foreign nationals are being targeted through the police raids is unfounded.

    2172 days ago
  • FILE. SA army and police raided on a buildings around Johannesburg CBD on 8 May 2015 as part of their operation to search for illegal goods, weapons and drugs. Picture: Nyasha Mharakurwa /@sirnyasha via Twitter.

    Human rights group to try & halt deportation of 200 foreigners

    Lawyers for Human Rights want the courts to stop the deportation of foreigners arrested in raids last week.

    2173 days ago
  • Thousands of people took part in the anti-xenophobia march, calling for end to attacks on foreign nationals in Johannesburg on 23 April 2015. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN.

    The social implications of xenophobic violence

    Mail & Guardian owner Trevor Ncube shares his concerns about the hatred of foreign nationals in SA he has seen on multiple levels, from the streets, to the boardrooms, and the state.

    2173 days ago
  • FILE. 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

    Cops, army raid Methodist Church in JHB CBD

    Police and members of the army are raiding several buildings including the church.

    2177 days ago
  • FILE. Police seized drugs and stolen goods during their overnight raids at the Jeppestown hostels on 21 April 2015. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Thembelihle: 50 arrested in anti-xenophobic raids

    The raid forms part of a special focus by police and the army on areas that are xenophobic hot spots.

    2185 days ago
  • Young Malawian men sit inside their tent in the Isipingo camp on 25 April 2015, which was a temporary home for people displaced by xenophobic violence in Durban. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    UN task team to help SA deal with xenophobia

    The agency will look to help the country by bringing different expertise to curb the problem.

    2185 days ago
  • Justice Minister Michael Masutha said sentences handed down ranged between three years and life imprisonment. Picture: stock.xchng

    Xenophobia: 132 people convicted from 2008 attacks

    Justice Minister Michael Masutha said sentences handed down ranged between three years and life imprisonment.

    2186 days ago
  • Ahmed Kathrada, politician and previous political prisoner, stands with the new Mandela bust unveiled in Cape Town on Freedom Day. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    Kathrada: Let's concentrate on Madiba's legacy

    Kathrada also lamented the recent xenophobic attacks in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

    2187 days ago
  • FILE: "Four men have been arrested after the fatal stabbing of a Mozambican national Emmanuel Sithole, in Alexandra at the weekend. Picture: James Oatway/Sunday Times

    Zuma: Emmanuel Sithole used a false name

    President Zuma said the Mozambican had used a false name because he was an illegal immigrant.

    2187 days ago
  • Nelson Mandela’s bust now stands inside Cape Town's City Hall. Picture: Natalie Malgas/EWN.

    Madiba bust for Cape Town City Hall

    The bust was erected inside City Hall where Madiba gave his first speech as a free man.

    2187 days ago
  • Razak and his brother Daniel Agbenoza stand in their burnt out workshop, after looters broke in, stealing valuables, and setting fire to the building. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Foreign Nationals: South Africans are lazy

    Foreign nationals say that they are targeted because they are hard workers, and prosper as a result. They say South Africans are jealous of their success, and should rather work with them in order to learn valuable skills.

    2190 days ago
  • Thousands of people took part in the anti-xenophobia march, calling for end to attacks on foreign nationals in Johannesburg on 23 April 2015. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN.

    Xenophobia: Marching for Peace

    Thousands took to the streets of Johannesburg to march against the xenophobic attacks. Participants called for peace in South Africa.

    2190 days ago
  • China, Australia, Hong Kong and the UK have issued travel alerts for travellers coming to South Africa. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN

    'Travel warnings to SA nothing new'

    China, Australia, Hong Kong and the UK have issued travel alerts for travellers coming to South Africa.

    2190 days ago
  • Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Gigaba: I don't believe that anything justifies violence

    Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba speaks about the recent spate of xenophobic attacks in KZN & Gauteng, the effects it’s had on victims and who the most vulnerable are.

    2191 days ago
  • Students from Kingsmead College in Johannesburghold up anti-xenophobic placards. Picture: @Palie_Mogodi via Twitter

    Over 30,000 expected at Joburg's march against xenophobia

    Gauteng Premier David Makhura & Zwelinzima Vavi will also attend the march through Hillbrow today.

    2191 days ago
  • Calm was restored in Alexander this morning following days of violent attacks on foreign nationals in the area. Picture: Aurelie Kalenga/EWN.

    Defence minister: Police were overwhelmed with #xenophobicattacks

    Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula insists the army is playing a supportive role in xenophobic hotspots.

    2192 days ago
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