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Former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba. (Gallo)

Herman Mashaba wants you to forget

When considering Herman Mashaba’s new political plans, the South African public must reckon with the former mayor of Johannesburg’s actual record

South Africa must resist two dangerous temptations simultaneously: the temptation to demonise all foreign nationals and the temptation to silence every concern about illegal immigration through accusations of xenophobia. (Paul Botes)

Xenophobia chips away at the African notion of ubuntu

The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together

It is true that in the African continent, ethnicity is a dreaded term because of the continent’s experience with ethnicity- or tribe-based inter-group animosities and conflicts that, in some countries, morphed into genocides.
(Zinyange Auntony/AFP)

Southern African countries ‘struggling’ to protect human rights, says HRW

Rights group calls for South Africa to show stronger leadership

In post-apartheid South Africa, the system has evolved but has fundamentally stayed the same, triggering an inter-generational cycle of displacement. (Fredrik Lerneryd)

Telling the complex story of ‘medical xenophobia’ in South Africa

The experiences of non-nationals in SA’s public health care system are more complex and varied than implied by the dominant discourse on "medical

Xeno-denial: Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi wants to review refugee regulations. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Migration system is ‘xenophobic’

Despite the home affairs minister stating otherwise, Africans who have fled to SA from horrific conflict are still living in fear

(John McCann/M&G)

The idealism of #ImStaying has its limits

How does one cope with living in South Africa? Positive narratives and acts of charity that don’t tackle institutional problems aren’t enough

“The evidence presented to the JCPS cluster has not shown that foreign nationals are being targeted because of their nationality. On the contrary, we are seeing acts of criminality,” Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said. (David Harrison/M&G)

Justice cluster details crime busting plan, insists unrest is not xenophobic

On Tuesday the justice, crime prevention and security (JCPS) cluster outlined several interventions to help quell recent violent incidents

What is infrequent, and horrifies us, are the repeated appearances of “criminality” and “xenophobia” conjoined as one event. (Hanna Brunlof)

A new narrative could tackle anti-migrant crisis

Faced with the same problem, South Africa is turning to the familiar toolkit to explain a recurrent problem.

The X-word gets trotted out like a beauty pageant contestant to dismiss legitimate border control issues. (Frederik Lerneryd)

By the time there are xenophobic attacks, you’re practically a refugee yourself

It makes no sense that the only foreign nationals who are being scapegoated are those who happen to be black

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EDITORIAL: Lead us out of this deathly silence

South Africans have been crying out for leadership, longing for an official condemnation of the scourges of gender-based violence and xenophobia

Loathsome: South Africans went on the rampage in Gauteng against people from anywhere except this country. (Delwyn Verasamy)

We’re a violent, hating nation

Men violate women, we detest foreigners, we loot — and 5 000 workers will lose their jobs and homes because their bosses are thieves

Law and order essential to democracy

Law and order essential to democracy

We cannot as citizens remain silent while opportunistic looting, accompanied by violence, continues and our fellow Africans continue to be humiliated

President Cyril Ramaphosa  President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the government is in the process of finalising a stimulus package that would help to mitigate the shocks facing the country’s economy.

Ramaphosa calls for calm amid protests against gender-based violence, promises action

The president says the state should oppose bail and parole for rapists and killers of women and children

Law and order essential to democracy

South Africa is burning: femicide, xenophobia and protests

South Africans and migrants alike struggle to lead dignified lives. People are desperate and fed up

Police also said they were investigating a death in Hillbrow,  where a “member of the public” was allegedly shot by a group. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Scores arrested in looting, xenophobic protests

At least 70 people have been arrested since hundreds of people marched through Johannesburg’s Central Business District on Monday

Xenophobia is fear and anger weaponised against the vulnerable – and it’s deadly. File photo

Xenophobia and party politics in South Africa

All political parties in SA try to mobilise voters based on their and voters’ xenophobia and they’re outdoing each other

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has announced his intention to run as mayor of Johannesburg in this year’s local government election.
 (Gallo Images)

Populist politicians’ power-plays

Xenophobic violence condemned by both the ANC and DA as the May 8 elections moves closer

In November 2012 Chumlong Lemtongthai was sentenced to 40 years behind bars after he confessed to ordering as many as 50 rhinos for hunting, and actively participating in the illegal killing of at least 26. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Study reveals a home away from home

The research is a rare look into international students’ experiences at a local university

Equal before the law: All people

Beware the fake empathy of liberals

"Do liberals care to chip away at inequality in the spaces they control?"

Programmes that integrate into society are non-existent and since migration management is reactive in outlook, migrants self-select into available social networks.

Inequality and poverty drive xenophobia

In this ‘combustible environment’ shopkeepers attack foreign shop owners, but departments too are brutal.