The headline I have put at the top is that of the Star hard copy edition
Category Archives: African migrants
Raymond Suttner: Attacks on foreign migrants are attacks on freedom of all
Raymond Suttner: An attack on a foreign migrant is an attack on us all (Polity)
While the extent of xenophobic attacks may not be widely known, the broad facts are relatively clear. Continue reading
Raymond Suttner, Recovering Democracy (SABC newsroom book interview)
Raymond Suttner: Name xenophobic attacks as that, then they can be addressed (Polity video)
Tito Mboweni’s son threatened with deportation as a ‘foreigner’
I am sorry that this has happened to Tumelo Mboweni, Continue reading
Clearing of traders from inner city is attack on the poor
Foreign traders benefit local economies, Wits study shows
Verification process for traders removed from inner city
Maybe I am hypercritical but some of the statements of officials sound rather arrogant
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-11-04-chaos-as-joburg-verifies-street-vendors
Johannesburg draconian ‘clean up’ of traders in inner city
Rebecca Davis on Cape Town CBD looting
Gives some idea of the complex mix of factors involved in Cape Town looting. Continue reading
Illegally evicted traders in Johannesburg inner city fight back
Attack on and eviction of traders in the inner city of Johannesburg
The evictions of traders in Jhbg inner city appears to be illegal Continue reading
Film on Israeli repression against African immigrants
Israel offers arms to African countries who will take back people from African countries (‘infiltrators’) who have sought asylum in Israel
SA government says attacks on foreign nationals are criminal not directed at their being foreign
SA government says attacks on foreign nationals are criminal not directed at their being foreign
Clearly the experience of foreign nationals, as reported in this article are very different from other people subjected to criminal activity and the government is in denial over the seriousness of these attacks.
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