Residents of Ramaphosa informal settlement near Johannesburg during xenophobic violence in 2008. Now new threats have been made against shop owners in the area.
South Africa Faces Migrant Crisis, Says UN
The United Nations monitor on migrant rights says the country is facing an immigration crisis which could re-ignite xenophobic attacks.
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The South African Human Rights Commission has recommended that the government set up special courts to deal with xenophobia-related cases. Read more »
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Victims of last year's xenophobic violence in the Western Cape province will return to the communities they fled. Read more »
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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 »
