Helping Our Neighbours
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 2nd, 2009
MSF launches new report: “No Refuge, Access Denied: Medical and Humanitarian Needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa”. MSF is calling on the government of South Africa and United Nations (UN) agencies to urgently address the specific humanitarian needs of vulnerable Zimbabweans falling through the cracks of South African society.Download the report …here
Johannesburg/Brussels Violence, sexual abuse, [...]
Posted in 1 on May 28th, 2009
> ———- Forwarded message ———-> From: koni benson > Date: Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:29 AM> Subject: Somali shopkeepers told to get out of Samora Machel by month > end or be removed>
> Hi friends>> It seems there is a resurgence of afrophobia beginning, in Western > Cape. Am sure you heard about [...]
Posted in 1 on May 28th, 2009
South Africa
Head of state and government Kgalema Motlanthe (replaced Thabo Mbeki in September)Death penalty abolitionist for all crimes Population 48.8 millionLife expectancy 50.8 yearsUnder-5 mortality (m/f) 71/60 per 1,000Adult literacy 82.4 per cent
The rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants were violated on a large scale. Inadequate training of police and health care providers undermined [...]
Posted in 1 on May 28th, 2009
By Karen Allen BBC News, Johannesburg
Just a modest crowd – mainly elderly South African women – turned up to St Michael’s Church in Alexandra township for a special service to mark a year since their country’s descent into xenophobic violence.A new shopping centre was being opened in the area near central Johannesburg. “Perhaps the people [...]
Posted in 1 on May 27th, 2009
If anyone has men’s or teenage boy’s clothing that they would like to donate to the Adonis Musati Project, which works with refugees, I’d be grateful if you could contact me. This project has been working with refugees since 2007 and, among other things, distributes clothing to refugees and assists them in setting up their [...]
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 [...]
Posted in 1 on Jul 19th, 2008
The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) is calling for a commission of inquiry into xenophobic violence which killed more than 60 people and displaced at least 17 000.“The May violence was almost certainly much more complicated than it initially seemed. Causes of the violence run deeper than an alleged extraordinary South African hatred of [...]
Posted in Refugee on Jul 19th, 2008
Dadier M. Abdalah, Freelance Writer
Copyright @ displacedrefugeenet@yahoo.com
18th July 2008
It was not so long when massive complaints were received and media busy spreading the Department of Home Affairs’ laxity over asylum seekers’ crowd at backlog.
Accused of corruption, poor and slow service delivery prior even to xenophobic riots, the DHA had so often promised to improve its [...]
Posted in Press on Jul 11th, 2008
BEN MACLENNAN | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Jul 10 2008 16:10 Press
A Congolese woman wept quietly on Thursday as she described how her family were hounded when they tried to return to their shack in a Cape Town squatter settlement last week.“I’m tired of this country, please, please,” said mother-of-five Agnes Saidi. “I want [...]