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Xenophobia

Small businesses owned by foreign nationals burnt down in Imizamo Yethu

25th July 2017 Bernard Chiguvare 0

“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”

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Refugee woman’s struggle for access to chronic medication

1st April 2017 Bernard Chiguvare 0

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”

1st April 2017 Elitsha reporters 0

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

1st April 2017 Ramatamo wa Matamong 0

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”

31st July 2015 Siyavuya Khaya 0

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”

31st July 2015 Siphiwo Nkonki 0

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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