Tag Archives: xenophobia
Nafcoc threatens Somali traders
According to this article in the M&G, threatening letters are being distributed by disgruntled members of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nafcoc) to Somali traders in Khayelisha, demanding they close up their shops and get out. … Continue reading
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SA thugs burn another Mozambican man to death
According to this BBC report, an angry mob in Atteridgeville, a township near Pretoria, stoned and then set a Mozambican man alight. This comes only a few weeks after pictures of a man burning alive were splashed across the pages … Continue reading
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Mkwere mkwere memories: ‘The police — they just laugh at us’
The two Congolese men that arrive on the church’s doorstep look shaken and defeated. They explain that their house in Samora Machel has been ransacked and burnt down; there is nowhere for them to go. Could they spend the night … Continue reading
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Immigrants the scapegoats for ANC delivery failure
The barbaric attacks on immigrants are in essence a protest against a lack of delivery and opportunity. Immigrants are an obvious target; a conductor rod to the storm of discontent that has gathered as inequality, poverty and unemployment in our … Continue reading
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When will the madness end?
There are five Zimbabweans visiting my house; they’ve come for a shower after spending a night at the Claremont Methodist Church in Cape Town’s southern suburbs. It’s too dangerous for them to return home. 25 000 others like them have … Continue reading
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ANC’s ingredients in xenophobia cocktail of chaos
As usual, Justice Malala hits the nail on the head in his latest Times column, this one on xenophobia. He holds the ruling party responsible for creating a climate of criminality where illegal actions can occur with impunity. This, he … Continue reading
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Anti-xenophobia march in Cape Town
Below is a press release from the refugee advocacy group PASSOP providing details on a march to Parliament on Saturday, 17 May. If you’re in town, be there!! Press release from PASSOP PASSOP (People Against Suffering Suppression Oppression and Poverty) … Continue reading
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