OPINION by Sharif Nashashibi – The Israeli government has shed crocodile tears over Friday’s killing by settlers of Palestinian toddler Ali Saad Dawabsheh. Much media attention was given to Israeli officials’ description of the attack as terrorism, which must be fought “regardless of which side it comes from”. That is[…]
At least two protesters have been killed in Burundi, according to a leading rights activist, as demonstrations against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term in office entered a second week. Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, a veteran member of the civil society groups which called for the rallies on[…]
International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane sought to assure African heads of diplomatic missions on Friday that the country was dealing with the recent spate of xenophobic attacks. “We said that the violent attacks against foreign nationals in some parts of the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gatenby are despicable and that[…]
A young teenage boy died after being shot three times during a looting spree in Lindelani in KwaZulu-Natal, hit by deadly xenophobic violence that broke out over the weekend. But there was no need yet for the army to be sent in, said Police Minister Nathi Nhleko, who described the[…]
Wide-scale looting erupted across Durbans townships on Monday night as tensions fuelled by anti-foreigner rhetoric boiled over. Several people have been killed and thousands more displaced as the violent attacks on the basis of ethnicity continued unabated. On Monday night, KwaMashu was electric as gangs moved from shop to shop.[…]
The chaos that erupted in Khayelitsha on Wednesday over illegal land grabs has subsided, with traffic on the N2 now free flowing in Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Thursday.”It has been quiet overnight. We deployed members of the police force to all affected areas last night and again[…]
Life has not been as quiet as the media and police have been reporting in Manenberg, says a mother of three living in a small flat overlooking Manenberg Avenue. Her home has been dangerously close to the impromptu battlefield that erupted this Easter weekend. “These guys … have no respect[…]
Violence has once again flared up in Manenberg on the Cape Flats, with some reports stating that gangs are using machine guns to fight each other. While residents do not wish to speak to the media, they have taken to social media to express their fear and anger as the[…]
South Africa’s violent protests reached an all-time high in 2014, according to a report by the Multilevel Government Initiative at the Community Law Centre, released on Thursday. “Both the number of civic protests and the prevalence of violence increased in 2014,” the centre said in a statement. “In 2007 just[…]
At least 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede and clashes between police and supporters of Egypt’s Zamalek football club at a game in Cairo, medics say. According to witness accounts, police tried to set up barricades and used tear gas to disperse football fans trying[…]
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