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South Africa:
Foreigners Threatened With Violence
Argus, 27 June 2010
There were a spate of xenophobic threats and attempted attacks in Khayelitsha last week following Bafana Bafana's exit from the World Cup, say worried staff of projects operating… 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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Zimbabwe:
Foreigners Fear Post-World Cup Xenophobia
Zimbabwe Independent, 24 June 2010
VUVUZELAS are being blown by people of almost all nationalities here and flags of different countries are wrapped on cars, shops and at people's homes. 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 »
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South Africa:
Migrants Fear New Xenophobic Violence After World Cup
Twenty Ten, 16 June 2010
A hatred of foreigners could overshadow the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup once the final whistle of the tournament is blown, if reports are anything to go by. For the second… Read more »
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South Africa:
Govt Acts to Avert Xenophobic Attacks
Business Day, 4 June 2010
Following media reports and unconfirmed rumours that xenophobia may erupt after the Soccer World Cup, the Cabinet has re-established an inter ministerial committee to focus on and… Read more »
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South Africa:
'More Attacks On Foreigners After World Cup'
Argus, 28 May 2010
South Africa could see a spike in xenophobic violence after next month's World Cup. Read more »
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South Africa:
Undertone of Xenophobia to Soccer World Cup
UNIRIN, 27 May 2010
South Africa is hosting the continent's first soccer World Cup but the mounting anticipation is not drowning out a vicious whispering campaign calling for the expulsion of foreign… Read more »
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Southern Africa:
Zimbabweans Living in Squalor in South Africa
SW Radio, 31 March 2010
Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are still living in desperate squalor, in a country that offers them no official sanctuary. Read more »
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South Africa:
Rumours of Post-World Cup Xenophobic Pogroms
Business Day, 27 May 2010
A BANGLADESHI trader who runs a spaza shop on our street was recently visited by a young man. The man told the trader that, come July 12, he and other foreign traders in Katlehong… Read more »
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South Africa:
UN Chief Warns On Cup Xenophobia
Business Day, 23 March 2010
THE memory of the Sharpeville massacre's victims should be honoured by stepping up world efforts to stamp out all forms of racial discrimination and ensuring that there is no room… Read more »
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South Africa:
Officials Fear New Xenophobic Violence
Business Day, 19 March 2010
THE South African Human Rights Commission has subpoenaed the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) after failing to get information for the development of an early warning system… Read more »