xenophobia

AS TOLD TO During the March/April xenophobic attacks in Durban, a group of Congolese men in Philani, uMlazi Y section were attacked, allegedly because that they had killed a perosn. A month later, those who had to flee the area returned…

It’s difficult to believe that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was only formed in 2013. In just six years, the party has established itself as a formidable opposition and is the third largest political party in South Africa. Led by the…

The Democratic Alliance - South Africa’s largest and official opposition - believes it is ready to lead the country. Their confidence heading into the 2018 National Elections is high, officials say. The party thinks the many scandals…

Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Malema has called for, Sesiyanda Godlimpi, the SRC president at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) to fight for accommodation fit human living, for African students within the institution. …

The discovery of gold in 1886 saw Johannesburg as a city laced with promise. While this precious resource has been mined away, the city still has an abundance of wealth and opportunity, albeit in a different form: inner-city informal trade…

Walking into Sherwood play plot, two huge erected white tents welcome you. Despair, uncertainty, and confusion is written all over the faces of the displaced Malawian nationals who were kept at the place of safety, following violence that…

Last week, about 150 Malawian nationals in Durban were displaced following attacks by locals in Burnwood Road, Sydenham. The distraught families say they lost everything. Men, women and children, all victims of the violence that…

Over the past month, South Africa has experienced a recent resurgence in xenophobic violence. With the looting of shops and destruction of houses belonging to foreign nationals in Pretoria West, Atteridgeville and Rosettenville and a…

The situation in Giyani, a town in the north-east of Limpopo, remains tense as mobs of people continued to organise against businesses owned by South African Indians and foreign nationals in the CBD on Friday. More than 200 people are said…

Since a refugee is defined as someone who has evaded their home country because of war, persecution or natural disasters, they have not left home by choice. On World Refugee Day,  The Daily Vox spoke to ASTA BIZIMANA, who fled Burundi,…

It's been roughly a year since the outbreak of xenophobic violence which swept across Kwazulu Natal, killing seven and displacing thousands. China Ngubane returned to the area and spoke to Zimbabwean GOODLUCK DZOTIZEI about picking up the…

It has been almost a year since xenophobic violence swept through Kwazulu Natal, killing seven and displacing thousands. China Ngubane spoke to QUEEN YAA ASHANTEWAA, who is involved in training and development in the province, about issues…

It's been almost a year since xenophobic violence broke out in Kwazulu Natal. China Ngubane returned to Durban and spoke to AMUR JEREMIAH, originally from the DRC, about his thoughts on living among xenophobic neighbours and the role of the…

It has been almost year since the outbreak of xenophobic violence in Kwazulu Natal, which killed seven and displaced about 5,000 others. China Ngubane returned to Durban and spoke to WILLY KANA CHIKURU, originally from the DRC, about how…

After the April-May 2015 xenophobic outbreak in South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal farmer Andrew Wartnaby assisted 139 victims mainly from DRC and Burundi, by providing them with shelter on his farm. Refugees worked on the farm in exchange for the…

In March 2015, the otherwise sunny city of Durban was hit by series of violent attacks on foreign nationals. The violence moved on to other parts of the country and by May, seven people had died and some 5,000 others had been displaced.…

A series of sensational newspaper headlines and the dissemination of false information on social media contributed to the deadly outbreak of xenophobia-related violence last year, a new government-commissioned report says. KHADIJA PATEL…

There’s a hole in the border fence that you can crouch and crawl through. Another that is tall enough for a grown man to walk through. The fence is a metal mesh and my first thought is: “Hell, these wouldn’t be hard to fix.” I tell…

This weekend a report in Independent Media told of a Syrian family's desperate attempts to secure asylum status in South Africa. The family of five fled Damascus in March 2015 and have lived in Cape Town since. Not only were the family…

While the effects of last year’s xenophobic violence are still felt, both foreigners and South Africans are negotiating a safer, more secure community. MBALI ZWANE visited Soweto to see what's changed. Dusty shelves stand empty in a…