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South Africa:
Fears of New Attacks Send Foreign Migrants Fleeing
UNIRIN, 7 July 2010
The rumour mill, a few recent xenophobic attacks and memories of countrywide attacks on foreign nationals two years ago have combined to create an exodus of people from the coastal… Read more »
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South Africa:
I'll Be Back, Says Zim Man Flung Off Train
Argus, 7 July 2010
A Zimbabwean man who says that he was thrown from a train by a group of South Africans, will be back on a train tomorrow when he is discharged from hospital. Read more »
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South Africa:
Zimbabwean Thrown Off Train in Xenophobic Attack
SW Radio, 7 July 2010
A 27 year-old Zimbabwean man, Reason Wandi is 'lucky to be alive' after he was thrown off a train by a group of South Africans on Monday in Cape Town. Read more »
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South Africa:
Zimbabweans Flee in Fear of Xenophobic Attacks
Business Day, 7 July 2010
THE South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) is planning a high-level meeting with an interministerial committee on xenophobia as an exodus of Zimbabweans was reported yesterday… Read more »
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South Africa:
Faced With Threats, Foreigners Desperate to Flee SA
Argus, 6 July 2010
A group of foreigners, mainly Zimbabweans, are camping outside a truck stop with their belongings on the N1 near Paarl in a desperate bid to catch the first ride out of the Western… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Nationals Fleeing South Africa Amid Fears of More Xenophobic Violence
SW Radio, 6 July 2010
Zimbabweans who originally fled their homes for the relative security of South Africa are now fleeing back into the country, amid rising fears of xenophobic violence. Read more »
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South Africa:
Army Deployed to Protect Migrants Against Attack
UNIRIN, 5 July 2010
A series of meetings to educate residents about xenophobia in the informal settlement of Du Noon, Cape Town, will begin on 7 July and run until the final game of the FIFA World Cup… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Citizens in SA Appeal for Protection
Zimbabwe Standard, 3 July 2010
CONCERNED human rights organisations are mounting pressure on the South African government to step up security measures to protect immigrants facing xenophobic threats. Read more »
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South Africa:
Govt Issues Warning On Xenophobic Violence
BuaNews, 2 July 2010
Acts of violence against foreign nationals living in South Africa will not be tolerated, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has warned. Read more »
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South Africa:
Civil Society Warns Against New Xenophobic Attacks
Business Day, 30 June 2010
THE South African Human Rights Commission is gearing up to detect threats of xenophobic violence with the launch yesterday of a project that would assist foreigners to access legal… Read more »
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South Africa:
Terrified Zimbabweans Prepare to Flee Xenophobic Attacks
Zimbabwe Standard, 26 June 2010
Seated on the pavement and staring into empty space, 62-year-old Janet Chinyanga from Zimbabwe appears completely oblivious of the carnival atmosphere around her. Read more »
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South Africa:
Refugees Unite for Africa's World Cup
IPS, 23 June 2010
Perhaps Africa's World Cup began in earnest on Jun. 16, when a despondent green and gold-clad crowd began leaving the Loftus Versfeld stadium even before the end of South Africa's… Read more »
