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.
Although at a national level Nafcoc is claiming to have nothing to do with these letters, [...]

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 of newspapers globally.
Xenophobia lingers on – and until there are active measures in place to [...]

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 here, at the Claremont Methodist church?
Unfortunately the church is full so, after a hot meal [...]

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 townships has continued to remain rampant.
The seething anger that has been vented on the streets [...]

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 also been forced to flee for their lives while barbaric attacks rage and immigrants are [...]

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 feels, has led thugs across Gauteng to believe they can get away with their barbaric [...]

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) is appalled by the reports of recent xenophobic attacks in Alexandria and Diepsloot. We are appealing to [...]