Helping Our Neighbours
Posted in 1 on Jun 5th, 2009
By Peter LuhangaSomali Association of South Africa (Sasa) national director Ahmed Dawlo said 12 Somalis had been killed in South Africa since the beginning of the year, and 24 since the xenophobic attacks in May 2008.Somali shopkeepers were particularly at risk, he said, citing the recent killings of two who were set alight in Darling.“We [...]
Posted in 1 on Jun 4th, 2009
4 June 2009
The situation and treatment of xenophobia victims at the Central Methodist Church in the Johannesburg CBD is still dire.This is according to Methodist Bishop Paul Verryn.“Xenophobia is still a very real issue here in South Africa,” he says. “We are all at risk. We are not through the dangers of xenophobia.”He said: “Sometimes [...]
Posted in 1 on Jun 3rd, 2009
This article is in the print edition of The Sowetan today by Anna Majavu3rd June 2009
The police, political leaders, and government officials are not taking the growing wave of xenophobia seriously, and are even “colluding with local business” to make sure that xenophobic attacks against so-called foreign traders go unpunished.
That is the view of xenophobia [...]
Posted in 1 on Jun 2nd, 2009
From: antieviction@googlegroups.com on behalf of Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
Sent: Tue 6/2/2009 6:52 PM
Subject: Stop the bloodbath: Mass Meeting in Gugs (Wed 17h30) to air grievences and stop xenophobic pogroms
Gugulethu AEC Press Release – For immediate release
Venue: Elukhanyisweni Hall on NY74 near the Fezeka Municipal Building
Date: Wed, 3 June, 2009
Time: 17h30
There cannot be another bloodbath!
The Anti-Eviction [...]
Posted in 1 on May 29th, 2009
Dear All,
The SJC, TAC, FBOs and many partner organisations recently held a vigil to commemorate the outbreak of the xenophobic attacks of 2008.
The outbreak of xenophobic violence in April/May 2008, which began in Gauteng and spread to other areas of the country, represents one of the darkest periods in democratic South Africa. In the Western [...]
Posted in 1 on May 29th, 2009
The Democratic Governance and Rights Unit is pleased to invite you to participate in the following discussion as part of our 2009 seminar series ‘Security and the Constitution’
Xenophobia – Whose Rights? Whose Safety?
by
JUDITH COHEN Head of Programme: Parliamentary and International Affairs Programme (PIAP)South African Human Rights Commission
Respondent:TBC
The 2008 xenophobic violence that spread throughout South [...]
Posted in 1 on May 29th, 2009
29 May 2009Anna Majavu majavua@sowetan.co.za
(pics)UP IN ARMS: A year ago, violence flared up in Cape Town and other parts of South Africa as foreigners were targeted by locals . Left: Western Cape Cope leader Mbulelo Ncedane.
FEARS of repeats of last year’s xenophobic attacks are rising among foreign nationals in the Western Cape.
This started after [...]
Posted in 1 on May 29th, 2009
29 May 2009Sowetan says:
JUST more than a year xenophobia reared its ugly head and seems to be returning to haunt SA again.
Though this is happening in Cape Town, we cannot pretend not to remember that the last time around, the violent attacks on immigrants started in one area and everyone assumed it would not spread [...]
Posted in 1 on May 26th, 2009
Some xenophobia refugees in Cape Town cheated the United Nations of relief funds in 2008, according to an affidavit filed in the Cape High Court.The affidavit, by city housing director Hans Smit, forms the basis of an application for the eviction of just under 400 people from the Bluewaters safety site on the Cape Flats.They [...]
Posted in 1 on May 15th, 2009
As South Africa witnesses a rise in attacks against foreign migrants, the BBC’s Joanna Jolly visits a township outside Cape Town, the scene of recent xenophobic violence.
Ahmed Dakane is a 31-year old Somali refugee. For the past four years he’s been living in the South African township of Zweletemba, on the outskirts of the [...]