In the media
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20 April 2015
Business Day
Parliament’s portfolio committee on home affairs released a statement last week — titled, Flouting of immigration regulations a concern — in which it warned foreign nationals in SA not to commit crimes and put "in jeopardy the basis on which they are in SA".
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16 April 2015
The Week
An outbreak of xenophobic violence and looting in the South African city of Durban has left at least five people dead, including a teenage boy.
The government has condemned the attacks, saying South Africans should "hang our heads in shame in the face of these misguided and misplaced assaults".
The country has a long and bloody history of xenophobia, with the recent violence reminiscent of vicious attacks on foreigners in 2008 which left more than 60 people dead.
What has happened?
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16 April 2015
CNBC Africa
With millions of legal and illegal immigrants living in South Africa - the fervor behind the latest xenophobic attacks cannot be ignored. Tonight, Bruce Whitfield is joined by Wayne Ncube from Lawyers for Human Rights to discuss what is behind the latest attacks.
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15 April 2015
Radio Islam
You may need: Adobe Flash Player. Head of LHR's Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme, Patricia Erasmus, discusses xenophobic violence that has erupted across South Africa.
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15 April 2015
Times Live
The Durban city centre was a battlefield yesterday with mobs of South Africans attacking foreign-owned shops, and foreigners taking up arms to fight back.
About 200 people stoned foreign-owned shops on Dr Pixley KaSeme Street (West Street), prompting riot police to shut down the area.
The battles broke out within an hour of Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba assuring diplomats from Nigeria, Somalia, Malawi, Mozambique and Ethiopia that their citizens would be protected.
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15 April 2015
News Week
At least five people have been killed and dozens arrested in South Africa in recent days as residents of the coastal city of Durban began attacking foreigners, their homes and places of business.
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16 April 2015
SABC Question Time
Head of LHR's Strategic Litigation Programme, David Cote, discusses the outbreak of xenophobic violence across South Africa on SABC Question Time.
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14 April 2015
Business Day
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is deeply concerned by the continued outbreaks of xenophobia that have been occurring around the country, particularly in Durban where many foreign families, including refugees and asylum seekers, have been displaced, the agency said on Tuesday.
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14 April 2015
Times Live
Malawi and Somalia are preparing to repatriate their countrymen after weeks of xenophobic violence in KwaZulu-Natal.
Last night, the Somali embassy said it was trying to trace its citizens and help them escape the violence. It has demanded urgent assistance from the Department of International Relations and Co-operation.
The Malawian government said it would be helping citizens living in South Africa to return to their homeland following the violence.
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14 April 2015
Bloomberg
South Africa’s government is struggling to contain a flare up of attacks against foreigners in the port city of Durban that’s left at least five people dead and forced more than 1,000 immigrants to flee their homes.
Police battled with groups of foreigners on the streets of Durban’s city center on Tuesday as they burned tires and threw stones in protest after facing attacks from a mob, police spokesman Jay Naicker said by phone. Water cannons and rubber bullets were used to disperse various groups of locals and immigrants, the municipality said in a statement.
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