Police have issued a stern warning that anyone planning to disrupt the peace march against xenophobia through the Durban city centre on Thursday would be dealt with . The march, led by religious and political leaders, is expected to start at Curries Fountain at 10:00 and move through the central business[…]
President Jacob Zuma called for an end to the killing linked to the xenophobic attacks on Wednesday that has left five people dead in the Durban area, and put parts of Johannesburg on edge. ”I think this now must stop, because we cannot continue killing one another,” said Zuma in[…]
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another charge of hate speech and violating human rights – this time by the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union. Tim Flack, famously booted out of a Parliament committee meeting in 2013 for wearing shorts, said he was spurred into action after[…]
Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa has expressed its concern around the treatment of hundreds of foreigners affected by the violence in Kwz-Zulu Natal this past week. Forty six people have been arrested so far, and least five people killed, including a teenager, since the violence flared in Isipingo, outside[…]
More than 800 police officers have been deployed in and around Durban where xenophobic violence has left at least five people dead since the weekend. “If the threat requires more [police officers], we will respond. We still have the capacity to respond and we will respond as needed,” national police[…]
While an academic on Wednesday called on government to improve its communication in a bid to prevent further xenophobic attacks, the Arts and Culture Department announced a cultural programme to unify people. A statement from the Presidency on the matter ‘smacks of formalism’ and did little to change public discourse,[…]
While calm has been restored in parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal where xenophobic violence created chaos on Tuesday, NGO’s are getting involved by assisting refugees. The Al-Imdaad Foundation has been assisting foreign nationals who have been affected by the recent xenophobic attacks in Durban over the past week and a half.[…]
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[…]
President Jacob Zuma has assigned three ministers to attend to the xenophobic attacks in KwaZulu-Natal, the presidency said on Sunday. Home affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba, Police Minister Nathi Nhleko and State Security Minister David Mahlobo would work with the provincial government to try to put an end to the violence[…]
King Goodwill Zwelithini has welcomed a proposed meeting with church leaders to clarify his alleged xenophobic remarks, the Mercury newspaper reported on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the king, Prince Thulani Zulu, told the newspaper that a proposed meeting with the Diakonia Council of Churches will help to “correct misinterpretation of[…]
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