“Poverty Contributes To Divisions With African Migrants”
After having witnessed an upsurge in xenophobic attacks in 2015, an Eritrean former shopkeeper and now a PhD candidate in the school of Applied...
“I Did Not Expect So Much Hate From My Fellow Africans”
Naomi Nseya is a nail beautician and a mother of three from Umbilo. Hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city, Kinshasa, the...
Anti-immigrant laws are on the rise on Europe and the USA
In some Western countries, anti-immigrant and xenophobic sentiments start at the top. The Daily Vox team rounds up a few states with problematic anti-immigrant...
Joburg’s Mayor Stays Being Xenophobic, This Time In Rwanda
This past week, the City of Johannesburg executive mayor Herman Mashaba was in Kigali, Rwanda to attend a panel at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation's...
Anti-migrant Sentiment Fuelling Durban Evictions, Abahlali Claim
Abahlali baseMjondolo on Monday returned to the Durban High Court to apply for another court interdict against eThekwini Municipality. This was following the city's...
The Holocaust and Genocide Centre Remembers The 2008 Xenophobic Attacks
It's been 10 years since the 2008 xenophobic attacks that took place throughout the country, claiming the lives of 60 people and injuring hundreds....
All apologies at Woodstock bicycle store accused of racism
A journalist’s allegations of racism at a bicycle repair shop in Cape Town has turned the spotlight back on racial profiling in South Africa.
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#SowetoAttacks: “No one helps us. No one cares about usâ€
Somali shopkeepers, ousted from their homes and businesses in Soweto during a looting spree last week, have sought refuge in the Johannesburg suburb of...
The Social Dilemma: The technology that connects us also controls us
The Social Dilemma is a Netflix documentary-drama hybrid that shows how dominant and largely unregulated social media companies manipulate users by harvesting personal data,...
Xenophobia: a symptom of South Africa’s disillusionment
Xenophobia: an intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.
That's how the resurgence of violent attacks, directed at foreign nationals living...
Xenophobia: We Will Reap What We Sow
There's been a lot of middle-class hand-wringing about recent events, from the toppling of Rhodes to the latest outbreak of xenophobic attacks. But complacent...
“Hillbrowficationâ€, The Hillbrow Of The Future
Driving through the streets of Hillbrow means navigating narrow streets made that way by the Rea Vaya, traffic that moves in a hectic manner,...
NORBA: Government To blame For Local Xenophobic Tensions
The Northern Businesses Associations (NORBA) has blamed the ongoing tensions between local and foreign nationals shopkeepers on the government. This, following a meeting was...
Banned in his own country and forced to leave SA under...
LEGESSE SEIFU, a 46-year-old Ethiopian asylum seeker, has been ordered to get out of the country before 28 May (tomorrow) by the South African department...
Migrants in South Africa have access to healthcare: why it’s kicking...
A political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health minister for the Limpopo province – which borders...
The Difference Between “Migrant” and “Immigrant”
Growth in the number of international migrants has been strong over the last two decades. The International Migration 2020 report highlights 281 million people...
African Countries Demand Accountability For South African Xenophobia
South Africa has been gripped by xenophobic violence in the past years. For the past ten years or so, there have been repeated acts...
Xenophobia Permeates All Levels Of South African Politics
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema made news headlines a few weeks ago when he questioned whether former president Jacob Zuma's children Duduzane...
Rosettenville’s mob justice against illegal activities isn’t as simple as it...
On Sunday, 5 February, a group of over 100 residents from in and around Rosettenville, Johannesburg, gathered on Verona Street in protest against drug...
Immigrants standing against illegal activity in Rosettenville face hostility from community
Monday in Rosettenville was an odd day.
A delegation of government officials, including Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, were doing the rounds visiting suburbs...
