The African asylum seekers stuck in limbo in Malta
“I didn’t come here to be rich or to have money…because when you are safe, your life is safe,” says Sarjo Cham, 24, as he […]
Xenophobia
Community members take the law into their own hands
Five days after violent protests, Krugersdorp City Centre looks like a war zone. The situation is still tense and people are scared to talk to strangers especially those who have cameras hanging on their necks.
Small businesses owned by foreign nationals burnt down in Imizamo Yethu
“I have lost goods worth almost R45,000 and I do not know how I will restart. I am running out of ideas. This is the third time my container was looted and burnt. When I noted my container was on fire I rushed to take out some goods but while I shoved the goods out some were busy looting so I ended up leaving everything to burn”
Refugee woman’s struggle for access to chronic medication
Despite the ongoing xenophobic attacks on African, an HIV positive woman claims that she was turned away at the hospital because she is a refugee […]
Cape Town organisations protest against xenophobia and “scapegoating”
A coalition of local and immigrant communities and organisations marched to Parliament to deliver a memorandum calling on government to stop inciting xenophobia and the […]
Crime and poverty: recipe for xenophobia
A recent media briefing by groups that are concerned about the ongoing xenophobic attacks has blamed the lack of service delivery by the government. In […]
“We are all Africans”
During the 2008 xenophobic attacks that left 62 dead, the picture of the burning man, Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave captured the horror of South Africa’s xenophobic […]
“This Harare is not the same as the one back home”
The recent wave of xenophobic attacks have left a somewhat uneasy feeling among foreign nationals residing in some of the townships of South Africa. They […]
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