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SA Government's Responses

2012

  • Malawians seriously injured in Xenophobia attacks - 02/02 [Nyasa Times]
  • Foreigners attacked in Doornkuil - 01/02 [News24]
  • Zimbabwe: South Africa Police Slammed for Refusing to Help Beaten Local Man - 31/01 [allAfrica]
  • The two Bangladeshi men whose shop was torched in Thokoza last week died of their injuries at the weekend. - 29/01 [SABC]
  • Asylum seeker beaten by security guards at Refugee Reception Center and denied right to lay charges by Maitland Police Station" - 27/01 [PASSOP]
  • Man beaten at Cape refugee centre - 26/01 [IOL]
  • Foreigners critical after attack - 26/01 [TheNewAge Online]
  • Targeting foreign nationals not the answer - SAMWU - 26/01 [Politicsweb]
  • IFP Condemns Attacks On Foreigners in Tokoza - 25/01 [allAfrica.com]
  • Xenophobia returns to haunt Gauteng - 25/01 [The Zimbabwean]
  • Congolese say South Africa's Congolese immigrant sweep targeted anti-Kabila refugees - 23/01 [Bay View]

    2011

  • Xenophobia to grip South Africa again - 08/11 [PoliticalAnalysis Online]
  • Residents march against foreigners - 04/11 [The New Age Online]
  • Business owners threaten xenophobic violence - 03/11 [M&G]
  • Ekurhuleni shop owners protest - 03/11 [EyeWitnessNews]

  • Xenophobic tensions in Alex and Itireleng - 21/10 [EyeWitnessNews]
  • Housing MEC to meet disgruntled Alexandra residents - 21/10 [EyeWitnessNews]
  • Foreigners live in fear in Alex - 21/10 [Mail & Guardian]
  • Police on high alert after xenophobia evictions - 21/10 [City Press]
  • Xenophobia or "illegitimate Competition" ? - 20/10 [CNN]
  • Fresh xenophobia fears grip SA - 20/10 [News Day]
  • Editorial: Act to stop xenophobia - 20/10 [The New Age Online]
  • South Africa: Alexandra Threatens Foreigners On Housing - Again - 20/10 [allAfrica.com]
  • Anti-foreigner group takes legal route - 20/10 [News24]
  • Alexandra residents threaten uprising - 19/10 [News24]
  • Cops monitor Alexandra after threats against foreigners - 19/10 [EyeWitness News]
  • 60 protesters arrested in Ivory Park - 19/10 [EyeWitness News]
  • Foreigners warned to leave - 19/10 [The New Age Online]

  • MEC condemns attacks on foreigners - 17/10 [News24]
  • Atteridgeville calm after anti-Somali protest - 15/10 [TimesLive]
  • Armed gangs kill Somali businessman in South Africa - 12/8 [Suna Times]
  • Somali killed in DV shop robbery - 11/8 [Dispatchonlinne]
  • Polokwane shop owner robbed, set alight - 10/8 [News24]
  • Two women raped, stoned in Lenasia - 10/8 [News24]
  • Armed gangs kill Somali businessman in South Africa - 16/7 [Durbaninvest.co.za]
  • Cape Somalis 'still being threatened' - 7/7 [Durbaninvest.co.za]

  • Two Somali men shot in CT - 29/06 [Eyewitness News]
  • SA gets worst possible ratings - report - 28/06 [News24]
  • Khayelitsha gang violence erupts - 28/06 [West Cape News]
  • Two Somali traders slain in South Africa - 27/06 [All Headline News]
  • ANC dithers on xenophobia - 24/06 [Mail & Guardian]
  • Food parcels sent to victims of xenophobia - 24/06 [The New Age]
  • We'd rather die than go back' - 24/06 [The New Age]
  • City says no to xenophobia - 21/06 [The New Age]
  • SA groups calls for action after xenophobic killing - 20/06 [SW Radio Africa News]
  • Two Sides To Every Story But Xenophobia Is Not One Of Them - 20/06 [Newstime]
  • Xenophobia still a big challenge for refugees in SA - 20/06 [EyeWitness News]
  • 'Victimisation of refugees 'unbearable' - 20/06 [TimesLIVE]
  • Title: Govt committed to helping genuine asylum seekers - 20/06 [SA Government]
  • Mayor's plea over attacks on foreigners - 20/06 [The Sowetan]
  • Registrar-General speaks on South Africa deportations - 20/06 [Bulawayo24 News]
  • 'Attacks on foreigners are xenophobic' - 19/06 [IOL]
  • 1000s of foreigners flee murderous mobs - 19/06 [News24.com]
  • Thousands of Zimbabweans flee murderous South African mobs - 19/06 [Bulawayo24 News]
  • Somali-owned shops looted, torched in South Africa - 18/06 [All Headline News]
  • Bid to stem xeno violence - 17/06 [Sowetan]
  • ANC Slams Murder of Local Man in South Africa - 16/06 [allAfrica.com]
  • Zim man's death 'disgusts' - 14/06 [iafrica.com]
  • Another Zimbabwean man stoned to death by a mob in South Africa - 14/06 [Bulawayo24 NEWS]
  • Crime in Diepsloot rises - 13/06 [TheNewAge]
  • Horror of a mob murder - 12/06 [City Press]
  • Horror of a mob murder - Video - 12/06 [City Press]
  • Horror of a mob murder - 12/06 [News24]

  • SA can't let fury turn to fire again - 12/06 [City Press]
  • NIA probes xenophobia links - 05/06 [City Press]
  • Demonstrators protest xenophobia in South Africa - 04/06 [IBT]
  • South Africans in rare anti-xenophobia march - 02/06 [BBC News]
  • Johannesburg residents protect Somali shopkeepers - 02/06 [RFI]
  • Somali shop owners vow to stay in Ramaphosa - 02/06 [Eyewitness News]
  • Xenophobia meets its match - 02/06 [TimesLIVE]
  • Xenophobia case to resume - 01/06 [IOL]
  • The HRC criticises attacks on Somali shops - 27/05 [Times LIVE]
  • Fearful Somalis camping at cop station - 27/05 [News24.com]
  • Cops slam looting of spaza shops - 26/05 [News24.com]
  • Mozambican predicament - 26/05 [TheNewAge]
  • South Africa politicians urged to boost anti-xenophobia service - 27/05 [news.xinhuanet.com]
  • 'End xenophobia' is message of Africa Day - 26/05 [TheNewAge]
  • South Africa: Somali-owned shops attacked and looted - 26/05 [BBC News]
  • Somali shops attacked in PE - 26/05 [Eyewitness News]
  • Somali-owned shops attacked in E Cape - 12/05 [News24]
  • Xenophobic protests turn violent - 11/05 [Sowetan]
  • Eskom shuts Medupi site - 11/05 [iafrica.com]
  • Foreigners under threat - Quotes - 08/05 [Timeslive]
  • Foreigners under threat - 08/05 [Timeslive]
  • Cops start anti-xenophobia campaign - 05/05
  • Case against 71 Katlehong residents dismissed - 30/04
  • Xenophobia fears on East Rand - 29/04
  • A visit to Fortress South Africa The EastAfrican - 25/04
  • Disgraceful xenophobic conduct of Putco Bus Drivers - Update - 20/4
  • Disgraceful xenophobic conduct of Putco Bus Drivers - 19/4
  • Statement from unfairly dismissed immigrant workers [PASSOP]
  • Foreign security workers being dismissed - 16/04 [PASSOP]
  • Zimbabwe deports 109 Malawians after denied entry into South Africa - 10/3 [The Maravi Post]

  • Making a run for the border - 28/02 [Mail & Guardian]
  • Tyres burnt in Cape housing protest - 16/02 [West Cape News]
  • Protesters turn on Somali shop owners - 15/02 [IOL]
  • Somali shopkeeper killed in Cape Town - 09/02 [News24.com]

  • Ramaphosa residents say they won't attack foreigners - 03/02 [Eyewitness News]
  • Ramaphosa quiet after anti-foreigner protest - 02/02 [News24.com]
  • State xenophobia disguised as policy - 02/02 [BusinessDay]
  • 'Xenophobia' fears in Ekurhuleni - 01/02 [News24]
  • UN envoy calls for immigration policy change - 01/02 [Sowetanlive]
  • South Africa: Reclaiming a Vision of Hope and a Life of Dignity - 31/01 [allAfrica.com]
  • Women join the great trek .. as povert bites - 29/01 [The Zimbabwean]
  • South Africa - 26/01 [Undesco.org]
  • South Africa: Xenophobia fears AGAIN - 02/02 [AfricanCrisis]
  • Parliamentary Diary for the week beginning 31 January 2011.. - 28/01 [Legalbrief]
  • South Africa: Xenophobic attack victims face eviction - 27/01 [Pambazuka]
  • Xenophobic tensions rise in Freedom Park, Johannesburg - 27/01 [Pambazuka]
  • Refugee rights in focus - 27/01 [Vocfm.co.za]
  • UN set to probe SA xenophobia - 26/01 [Sowetan Live]
  • Foreigners in RDP houses upset locals - 25/01 [THENEWAGE]
  • Somali refugees storm United Nations office in South Africa - 25/01 [allheadlinenews]
  • Mthethwa warns against resurgence of xenophobic attacks - 25/01 [SABC News)
  • Task team to tackle Freedom Park tension with foreigners - 25/01 [THENEWAGE]
  • Govt. probes violence in Freedom Park - 25/01 [gatvol.co.za]
  • Foreigners' shops to stay closed: MEC - 24/01 [Timeslive]
  • MEC Humphrey Mmemezi intervene in Freedom Park Xenophobic attacks - 24/01 [Government]
  • Fears of Xenophobia hit South Africa - 23/01 [Bulawayo News]
  • Xenophobia rears its ugly head in Joburg - 23/01 [SABC News]
  • SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: Deadline for arrests extended again - 14/01 [IRIN]
  • Tension between locals, Chinese in NW - 19/01 [News24]
  • SA to meet Zim officials over passports - 13/01 [IOL]
  • ZANU PF feared to be behind beating of Zim man in SA - 11/01 [The Zimbabwean]
  • SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: No deportations until March - 07/01 [World News]
  • VOA Over 275,000 Zimbabweans Apply for Legal Status in South Africa Southern Africa English - 07/01 [newZimSituation.com]

    2010

     

    SA Government's Responses.

  • Title: Govt committed to helping genuine asylum seekers - 20/06 [SA Government]
  • ANC: Councillor innocent until proven guilty - 20/06 [News24]
  • Bid to stem xeno violence - 17/06 [Sowetan]
  • ANC Slams Murder of Local Man in South Africa - 16/06 [allAfrica.com]
  • Ekurhuleni mayor declares war against xenophobia - 25/5/11 [SA Government]
  • Mthethwa warns against resurgence of xenophobic attacks - 25/01 [SABC News]
  • Task team to tackle Freedom Park tension with foreigners - 25/01 [THENEWAGE]
  • Foreigners in RDP houses upset locals - 25/01 [News24.com]
  • MEC Humphrey Mmemezi intervene in Freedom Park Xenophobic attacks - 24/01 [Government]
  • Threats of violence against foreigners in South Africa - 03/08 [Afrikanews.it]

  • Pretoria - Civil society groups are fighting xenophobia and violence in a unique way - one signature at a time. - 27/07 [Government Communication and Information System ]

  • South Africa Says It Has Halted Series of Xenophobic Attacks - 16/07 [BusinessWeek]
  • President Zuma calls for calm and unity around alleged xenophobic attacks - 15/07 [The Presidency]
  • Heavy police presence amid xenophobic clashes 20/07 [IOL]
  • 'Say no to xenophobia' - 05/08 [IOL]

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