xenophobia

When Elias Twaibu, 30, returned home to Malawi after becoming a victim during the 2015 attacks on foreign nationals, he did not think that he would come back to South Africa, let alone suffer the same fate.
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South Africa's foreign minister has called an urgent meeting with ambassadors following attacks against foreigners in Durban.
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South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned xenophobic attacks in his country with his government offering to meet African ambassadors to discuss the matter following last week’s attacks in Durban, KwaZulu Natal (KZN) province.
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Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned nationalist leaders who blame migrants for their countries’ problems and themselves fostered mistrust in society by pursuing dishonest gain and xenophobic and racist policies.
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About 63 South African haulage truck drivers have been arrested after staging a ‘xenophobic’ protest targeting foreign drivers, including Zimbabweans in Harrismith along the Johannesburg-Durban (N3) Highway.
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The police will fight Afrophobia with everything in their power, Police Minister Nathi Nhleko said on Tuesday. The ANC was disturbed by Africans attacking fellow Africans, he said during a debate in the National Assembly, intended…
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By Shannon Ebrahim South Africa, like many other countries across the world, is suffering from the disease of xenophobia. No amount of government denials is going to change this. In order to successfully address this challenge,…
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South Africa has deported 97 Nigerians for various offences following a series of raids, Nigerian officials said on Wednesday, amid heightened bilateral tensions over anti-immigrant violence in South Africa. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,…
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The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) notes, with regret, escalating cases of violent attacks targeted at foreign nationals living in South Africa. We are particularly worried with the situation unfolding in the Pretoria and Johannesburg,…
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By Thupeyo Muleya South Africa's Home Affairs Department has started raiding companies employing illegal immigrants around Gauteng Province in a move aimed at diffusing xenophobia related violence targeted against mostly Africans in the…
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