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    “I never thought I was a foreigner until this injury happened...

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    ABDI KADER SHUKRI arrived in South Africa in 2003, seeking peace from a war-ravaged Somalia. At 32 years old, Shukri is now confined to...

    Wits student in xenophobic attack: “I thought I was going to...

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    Earlier this month psychology PhD student ELVIS MUNATSWA, 26, became a victim of xenophobia. Four men in a taxi assaulted, robbed and deserted him in...

    Xenophobia: “Whatever you do, we’re going to finish them!”

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    Last Thursday VUYO XEGWANA, 24, a postgrad law student at Wits University, witnessed a xenophobic attack outside her apartment in Maboneng. Muhammed Ismail Bulbulia...

    “Of course killing people is wrong, but we still want them...

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    Over the past few days, the eThekwini Municipality has seen protestors for peace and protestors against it, people calling for an end to xenophobia,...

    “The cruelty of police is not new to me. Today, I...

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    On Thursday afternoon, 40 students from the UCT Rhodes Must Fall movement protested against afrophobia outside Parliament. The students did not have a permit to...

    Isipingo xenophobia: “I came to South Africa looking for peace; clearly,...

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    When xenophobic violence erupted in Isipingo and surrounding areas last week, African foreigners were chased out of the suburbs and sought refuge at the...

    Bus services in Jo’burg: when the public transport dream becomes a...

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    In February, a Metrobus drove off the side of the Queen Elizabeth in Braamfontein. It was reported the bus driver lost control of the...

    “I am losing the only children I have“ Thokoza hostel resident

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    A photograph safely stashed in her wallet is as close as she gets to her children for most of the year. NOKWANDA MNCWANGO* (46)...

    Thando Mgqolozana: “UCT has bigger problems than the Rhodes statue”

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    It may have started with poo on a statue, but student Chumani Maxwele’s protest has given rise to a much broader debate about transformation...

    Helping abused women find their way to healthy relationships

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    In the once gang-riddled community of Heideveld on the Cape Flats, Ihata Shelter is helping women who’ve suffered domestic abuse piece their lives back...

    Teaching the blind: “a blind child is a blessing like any...

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    The Baumann House Early Childhood Development Centre in Durban caters for blind and partially-sighted preschool children. SANDISIWE HLENGWA, a teacher and coordinator at the...

    Economic migrant: “It’s not like we don’t want to be in...

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    Xenophobic attacks in Soweto and Philippi have made the headlines this year, but away from the spotlight political or economic refugees struggle each day...

    “Bronco”, Zimbabwe’s syrupy, cheap high

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    A prescription cough syrup, containing codeine and used to treat bronchitis, has become the drug of choice for Zimbabwe’s urban youth and local music...

    #sexistSA: “First-year girls are fresh meat”

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    Universities across South Africa recently opened their doors to budding first-year students looking forward to a new chapter in their lives, one which brings...

    “I’m just not gay, I am transgender”

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    Despite its progressive laws concerning sex, gender and sexual orientation, South African society does not always make space for people who identify as lesbian,...

    A moment with Zuleikha Mayat

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    Zulieka Mayat is renowned in the South African Indian community for her cook book, Indian Delights, which was first published in 1954. The 87-year-old was also active in the struggle against the apartheid government in Durban where she organised a women’s community group that has worked tirelessly for social change. RUMANA AKOOB spoke to her.