Five hundred Malawian nationals are expected to be repatriated to their home country from three transit camps in Durban on Tuesday. Doctors without Borders spokesperson Kate Ribet said that a fleet of 22 buses will depart from the three camps on Tuesday morning, the single largest repatriation effort to date[…]
The names of the seven people killed during xenophobic violence which erupted in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in the past weeks, were released by the inter-ministerial committee on migration on Tuesday. Four foreign nationals and three South Africans were identified. They are: – Marcus Natas, from Ethiopia, who was[…]
The names of the foreign nationals killed in xenophobic violence in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng would be released as soon as there had been a conclusive positive identification of the victims, the presidency said on Monday. “The presidency has received media enquiries about the names of foreign nationals who[…]
A host of political parties have come out strongly against xenophobia in South Africa as the nation celebrates 21 years of democracy. They are encouraging peaceful debates about issues pertaining to xenophobia. On Friday, politicians shared their views on what has fuelled the xenophobic attacks and possible action that should[…]
Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered at Pieter Roos Park in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on Thursday. The multi-cultural and multi-coloured crowd held aloft banners, posters and placards to protest against the recent attacks on foreign nationals in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that left at least seven people[…]
Gauteng premier David Makhura and Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau are on Thursday expected to join a march in the city against xenophobic violence. It is intended to demonstrate “the overwhelming rejection of these heinous acts”, the organisers, who include several civil society organisations and trade unions, said in a statement.[…]
President Jacob Zuma and representatives of churches and civil society met for over five hours on Wednesday to discuss the xenophobic attacks that have left seven people dead in the past two weeks. ”The issue that we are dealing with today was what we are all going to do as[…]
Nigeria’s foreign ministry has summoned South Africa’s High Commissioner over anti-immigrant violence in which at least seven people have been killed, it said in a statement on Wednesday. SANDF soldiers were deployed on Tuesday to try to quell the unrest after being criticised by governments including China and Zimbabwe for[…]
Capetonians from different backgrounds on Wednesday joined the chorus of international condemnation against xenophobia during a march to Parliament. Over 20 civil society organisations, including the provincial ANC leadership called for an end to the violence against foreign nationals during a march, an issue that has been placed on the[…]
South Africans must always remember the support the oppressed people in the country received from other nations across the continent, a representative of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) said before a silent vigil at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Tuesday. The Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum (WCRLF) staged[…]
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