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Xenophobia, March Against Gender-Based Violence Loom Over WEF

South African protesters and mourners demanding to see President Cyril Ramaphosa over recent incidents of violence against women have marched to the Cape Town International Convention Centre where the World Economic Forum on Africa summit is being held. This comes as rumours of heads of state pulled out of the event due to xenophobic riots in Johannesburg which saw the looting and destruction of foreign-owned businesses.

Africa: Nigeria Govt Recalls Ambassador to South Africa, Pulls Out of WEF Africa - Report

Premium Times, 4 September 2019

Nigeria has recalled its Ambassador to South Africa, Kabiru Bala, and also pulled out of the World Economic Summit holding in Cape Town on Wednesday. Read more »
South Africa: Unproven That Hillbrow, Nearby Areas Are '80 Percent Foreign National' As Claimed in Much-Shared Video

Africa Check, 4 September 2019

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Africa: Xenophobia, March Against Gender-Based Violence Loom Over WEF Summit

allAfrica, 4 September 2019

Protesters and mourners demanding to see President Cyril Ramaphosa over recent incidents of violence against women have marched to the Cape Town International Convention Centre… Read more »

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Demonstrators protesting violence against women and demanding to see President Cyril Ramaphosa clash with police outside the Cape Town Convention Centre where the World Economic Forum on Africa summit is being held.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at 2019 World Economic Forum on Africa breakfast in Cape Town.

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Composite image of, from left to right, Uyinene Mrwetyana, Janika Mallo, Leighandre Jegels and Jesse Hess, who were abused and murdered.

South Africa: Protests, Police, Water Cannons Mark Anti-Femicide Demonstrations in Cape Town

News24Wire, 4 September 2019

The fear and horror over the rape and murder of women was brought to the attention of delegates attending the World Economic Forum in Cape Town on Wednesday with the refrain "Where… Read more »
South Africa: Violence Against Foreigners 'Not Justified' - Ramaphosa

News24Wire, 4 September 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa has repeated his disapproval over widespread attacks on foreign nationals since the weekend, saying they are "not justified". Read more »
South Africa: Uyinene's Family - Her Murder Is 'The Most Inconceivable and Catastrophic Time of Our Lives'

News24Wire, 4 September 2019

Uyinene Mrwetyana's grieving family has described her murder as the "most inconceivable and catastrophic time of our lives". Read more »
South Africa: President Ramaphosa, Gender-Based Violence and Xenophobia - Engage the Transformation Sector

Daily Maverick, 4 September 2019

It is not a coincidence that violence broke out this week against women and perceived foreigners simultaneously. It's Scapegoating 101 as the economy tanks. Read more »
South Africa: Gender-Based Violence Is a National Crisis - Ramaphosa

News24Wire, 3 September 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the spate of murders, kidnapping and violence perpetrated against women a "national crisis" which has left him horrified. Read more »
South Africa: Femicide Debate - ANC in Parliament Calls for a National State of Emergency to Be Declared

News24Wire, 3 September 2019

The chairperson of Parliament's multiparty women's caucus says the ANC caucus has called for a national state of emergency to be declared on gender-based violence and femicide. Read more »
Nigeria: Xenophobic Attacks - Outrage Among Nigerians As PMB Sends Special Envoy to South Africa

Leadership, 4 September 2019

Angry Nigerians yesterday trooped to the streets to protest the orgy of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: SA, AU Condemn Xenophobia

The Herald, 4 September 2019

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday condemned flaring attacks on citizens from other African countries, posting on his Twitter handle that he was convening ministers… Read more »
Nigeria: Attacks Targets South African Businesses - MTN Office Razed

Premium Times, 4 September 2019

Despite appeals from the federal government against retaliatory attacks on South African businesses in Nigeria, hoodlums on Tuesday evening burned down the MTN office in Bodija,… Read more »
South Africa: Migrants' Forum Claims Police Were Warned of Impending Xenophobic Attacks

Daily Maverick, 4 September 2019

Violence continues for the second day in Johannesburg. The African Diaspora Forum, an umbrella body of the largest groups of migrant traders, has claimed that it gave intelligence… Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobia - Mobilisations May Fuel the Flames of Hatred

Daily Maverick, 4 September 2019

Mobilisations are misguided. By making migrants the centre of these discussions, middle-class activists are alienating the poor and drawing lines in the township soil. Read more »
South Africa: 'It's Genocide' - Deputy Minister of Social Development On Gender-Based Violence

News24Wire, 3 September 2019

Deputy Minister of Social Development Henrietta Ipeleng Bogopane-Zulu says violence against women in South Africa has reached a genocidal stage. Read more »
South Africa: Over 600 000 Sign Petitions Over Violence Against Women As SA Prepares to March

News24Wire, 3 September 2019

With news headlines saturated with endless violence against women and children, more than 600 000 South Africans have added their voice to various petitions and many are planning… Read more »
South Africa: The State of Women's Shelters - Govt Called to Account at Hearing

News24Wire, 3 September 2019

Commissioner for the Commission of Gender Equality, Mbuyiselo Botha, says they have embarked on an investigative hearing which would bring government departments to account for the… Read more »