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Africa Day: unity in a time of “legitimised xenophobia”
Members of government used Africa Day, which is commemorated on 25 May each year, to call for unity and an end to xenophobic violence...
How xenophobia affects children: “I miss my school, and my teachers, and my friendsâ€
In the latest video in its Voices from the Camps series, non-profit organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) profiled nine-year-old DOLLY MAKWAKWA, who was born...
Xenophobia: “Our neighbours, our friends – they come to fight with usâ€
Many of the foreigners from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique who fled to camps around Durban following the xenophobic violence of the past month were repatriated. But...
Xenophobia in South Africa’s healthcare system – the story of a Burundian nurse
Burundi is currently embroiled in a political crisis that has already seen more than 100,000 people flee to neighbouring countries. But conflict is not...
Xenophobia: not only a South African problem
Xenophobia is not only a South African concern, it’s a general African problem, because we all have prejudices against each other and are ignorant...
Top of the Vox: Focus on xenophobia
“We are working here to live a good life, to get a nice house. Our dream is to go back to Ethiopia one day,...
Xenophobia: “This is a cruel country”
Thousands of African immigrants, who fled the communities they had lived in following xenophobic attacks in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg, were repatriated last...
Xenophobia in Cape Town: “Before they touch my family, I will dieâ€
Despite the recent xenophobic attacks in Durban and Jo’burg, in Cape Town, the streets have been quiet. Immigrants working in St George’s Mall and...
Why Navi Pillay can help us solve our xenophobia problems
Lawyer Navi Pillay is set to head up a provincial commission set up by the KZN premier Senzo Mchunu to investigate the recent spate...
Xenophobia: “The government can say they will fix it, but that is just language...
THARCISSE BWAMI, 35, from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been in South Africa for nine years. His journey south was long and hard,...
Top of the Vox: SA responds to xenophobia
“Of course killing people is wrong; that is not the way to do it – but we still want them out of the country. When...
The SAPS: cracking down on xenophobia – by stomping on people’s rights
This week the SAPS, backed by the army, conducted raids at hostels in Jeppestown and Alexandra in Johannesburg. Questions have been asked about the...
“Not in our name!†– Joburgers come out in their numbers to condemn xenophobia
On Thursday, thousands of people took to the streets of Johannesburg in The People’s March Against Xenophobia – an emergency solidarity march that was...
District 9 and xenophobia: art imitates life, life imitates art
District 9, a science fiction film directed by South African-born Neill Blomkamp, was released in 2009 and went on to become an international blockbuster. Nominated for...
Middle-class xenophobia – it’s a thing
They may not pick up stones and throw petrol bombs, but the South African middle class is as guilty of committing xenophobia as any...
Xenophobia: “Whatever you do, we’re going to finish them!”
Last Thursday VUYO XEGWANA, 24, a postgrad law student at Wits University, witnessed a xenophobic attack outside her apartment in Maboneng. Muhammed Ismail Bulbulia...
International students on their reactions to xenophobia: “I don’t feel safe using public transportâ€
Xenophobic attacks have erupted throughout South Africa over the last few weeks. On Thursday, 16 April, a thousands-strong peace march was held in Durban...
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...
Xenophobia: have we learnt nothing from the 2008 attacks?
A recurring theme in discussions about the xenophobic violence of the past few weeks has been whether we learnt anything from the 2008 attacks?...
Xenophobia: “It’s not enough for us to condemn this violenceâ€
It’s difficult to explain – much less understand – the xenophobic violence that has, once again, broken out across South Africa. NOSIMILO RAMELA thinks...
