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'South African govt complicit in xenophobic violence'
Zimbabwean human rights activist Duke Maplanka Atterbell has accused the South African government of systemic discrimination against foreign nationals, particularly Zimbabweans, and of failing to addr...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 09:05hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean dies after xenophobic attacks in Addo
A 24-year-old Zimbabwean man, Apology Mandiudza, died last Tuesday in hospital, nine days after a brutal mob attack in Valencia, Addo. He was the fourth immigrant to lose his life in a wave of xenopho...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:58hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
South Africa launches countrywide blitz on illegal immigrants
South Africa has announced a nationwide campaign to flush out illegal immigrants, citing economic pressures likely to be worsened by recent sanctions imposed by Donald Trump's United States government...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 14:03hrs | 2375 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants flee Dudula raids in Soweto
A STREET trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall.For about 30 minutes,...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:44hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean association goes after Gayton McKenzie, lodges 'hate speech' criminal complaint
A criminal complaint has been made against incoming sports, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie, leader of the Patriotic Alliance party, for "incitement of xenophobic violence, hate speech and i...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:08hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
African countries assisted South African independence; payback is Xenophobic actions: blacks on blacks' violence
I quote from Byo24: Former ANC MP and Abantu Batho Congress Councilor in eThekwini, Makhosi Khoza, says South African natives have been shortchanged. Close quote. This is a statement that could cause ...Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | 35 | by Nomazulu Thata
If Ramaphosa was firm with Mnangagwa, he wouldn't need a border authority!
So, President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to establish a BMA (Border Management Authority) specifically to curb illegal crossing into South Africa, mainly from Zimbabwe!I am sure that is all w...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 13:56hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa inauguration damp squib?
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's much-hyped inauguration in Harare today turned out to be the proverbial Shakespearean tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing....Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Truck arson attacks spark sabotage fears in South Africa
South African police said on Wednesday 21 trucks have been torched in a series of mysterious attacks that President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as acts of "economic sabotage".Unknown assaila...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean children denied schooling in South Africa
In yet another case seeking to protect the rights of Zimbabweans in South Africa, the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) is asking the Gauteng High Court to set aside what it says i...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africa plans to end most special permits for foreigners
South Africa plans to end most special permits for foreigners as it revamps its immigration policies to manage an influx of economic migrants.The government announced that a special dispensati...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA minister puts medical profession to shame
A VIDEO trended Tuesday of a South African provincial minister raging at the extra burden Zimbabwean migrants – many of them illegal – are imposing on already overstretched healthcare services in ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa ally says Zimbabweans should be in their home
ZIMBABWEANS should be in their home country and all nations "need to take responsibility of their citizens" a South African cabinet minister and senior ruling African National Congress (ANC) party off...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
South Africa 'on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence', UN experts warn
NEW YORK: A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability against rising xenopho...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA's Zimbabwe exemption permit scheme is a money racket and a ‘fraud'
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) scheme is the "largest case of fraud and theft ever committed by the government of one country over nationals of its neighbouring country in African history", accor...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 07:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should prioritise returnees in land allocations
LAST week, I came across two seemingly unrelated media stories that forced me to consider the link between land governance in Zimbabwe and the migration crisis affecting Zimbabweans resident in neighb...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Admire Mjamaru
Xenophobic violence in Limpopo village divides SA police
AMID strong allegations of police complicity, the fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence against Zimbabwean foreign nationals in a usually tranquil rural My Darling village in Limpopo has pitted a Hawk...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 18:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Come back to Zimbabwe, but we have no jobs, says Mangwana
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana on Tuesday said Zimbabweans facing hardships in neighbouring South Africa were free to come back home where they wi...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home
"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." - African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - som...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in South Africa sending their possessions home
FEARING further xenophobic violence and facing an uncertain future with the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), many Zimbabweans in the Eastern Cape are repatriating their valuables....Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 15:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs appeal to SA to act on Operation Dudula
LEGISLATORS yesterday expressed concern over an anti-migrant group championing Operation Dudula in neighbouring South Africa, saying the recent brutal killing of a Zimbabwean, Elvis Nyathi was xenopho...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula spreads
Fears abound that more Zimbabweans living in neighbouring South Africa are in danger as Operation Dudula has spread to Durban and other areas.Operation Dudula is a fast-rising anti-African imm...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dear Zimbabweans, time for brutal conversation about xenophobia in South Africa
I AM a Zimbabwean, so this is difficult to write, and I stand to lose a lot. But I will do it anyway.Anti-immigrant sentiments, or much simply xenophobia is difficult to write about because no...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Maynard Manyowa
SA based Ndebele 'king' urges Zimbabweans to go back home
Self-styled Ndebele King Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo has urged Zimbabweans domiciled in South Africa to flee the ongoing xenophobic violence and flock back home.His sentiments come after the f...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 16:08hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages South Africa over xenophobia
The Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has begun engaging authorities in Pretoria to immediately address the recent upsurge in xenophobic violence.South African gangs have recently unleashed a...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africans says all Zimbabweans must leave the country
ANGRY South Africans say they want all Zimbabweans, documented or otherwise, to leave the country as soon as possible or face more xenophobic violence.This follows the callous murder of Zimbab...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The political agency of xenophobia, violence in SA
SOUTH Africa is home to millions of immigrants, mainly from Lesotho, Nigeria, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The regional giant has played an immense role for more than a century in attracting labour for it...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Tatenda Mazarura
Gauteng High Court asking the court to declare US sanctions on Zimbabwe illegal and unconstitutional
The Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement is asking the court to declare US sanctions illegal and unconstitutional.In a potentially ground-breaking international case, a group called the Zimbabwe A...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truckers want to sue Operation Dudula leaders - but can't find them
Legal representatives for the Zimbabwean Truckers Association say they are trying to serve papers on the leaders of the Operation Dudula ('Push away') movement to stop them intimidating and harassing ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt disowns proposed aircraft pollution levy
GOVERNMENT yesterday distanced itself from a proposal by Zanu-PF's South Africa Sandton branch chairperson Simba Chitando, who suggested that a Dr Motsoaledi Aviation Bill must be crafted to impose a ...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots to punish 'anti-Zimbabweans' SA minister
THE ruling Zanu-PF Sandton branch in South Africa has proposed that Zimbabwe crafts a Bill to assist Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders and local truck drivers that face xenophobic violence in th...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SA reverses plan to send 200,000 Zimbabweans home
South Africa jettisoned a plan that would have forced about 200,000 Zimbabweans to return home, to the satisfaction of critics who said it would have caused a humanitarian crisis.The Departmen...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 18:44hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Unchecked Xenophobia in SA to cause Civil Unrest Domino Effect in the Region
"As a young opposition party leader in Zimbabwe, I'm deeply concerned about the security of Zimbabwean lives and property in South Africa as fresh xenophobic attacks take centre stage during this toug...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 09:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by crisisgroup
'I'm intentional about provoking empathy' Sue Nyathi
Congratulations on your latest novel! Can you tell us a little about A Family Affair?A Family Affair peers behind the facade of what appears to be a picture-perfect middle class family. The Ma...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 16 | by Staff writer
Minister grilled over Mnangagwa's 'use minimum force' statement
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi was yesterday grilled in Senate over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent statement urging the South African government to "use a bit of force" to curb xenophobic att...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in touch with Ramaphosa over Afrophobia
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has slammed senseless xenophobic attacks taking place in South Africa since last weekend and said he was working closely with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the issue. This c...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA leaders must come clean on xenophobia
IN the 1980s, a jingle played regularly on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's Radio 2, that went something like this: MuAfrica, kwayedza. Kwasara mbiri chete kuti ichibva yakwana. Kunoti Azania, neNa...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 4 | by Editorial - Newsday
MTN, MultiChoice shut branches in Nigeria amid protests over SA attacks
South African television group MultiChoice has shut its offices and branches in Nigeria and Zambia, according to its head of corporate affairs Joe Heshu. This follows protests at the group's N...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Maimane plead with Ramaphosa
Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in South Africa, Mmusi Maimane, have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to help resolve the Zimbabwean political an...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa government behind xenophobic attacks'
The current wave of xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa is initiated and sponsored by the South Africa government the Economic Freedom Fighters Spokesperson Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has alleged. ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:12hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa speaks on SA xenophobia attacks
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has hailed the role played by Zimbabweans in the diaspora towards growing the domestic economy and implored them to increase their participation through investments. He was...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Blood of foreigners flow in South African streets as locals swim in joy
If one can not be angered by the animalistic sadistic killings of our people in South Africa then one has a heart of a stone. Please be angry with me as we moan the patriots who are slaughtered like a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa exposes SADC & AU
This is now the third time in history where xenophobic attacks have worn an ugly face in South Africa with SADC and AU going on silent mode.As I write this article President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 15:58hrs | 6 | by Leonard Koni
Violence is ingrained in MDC-Alliance’s DNA
THERE is consensus among those who read Zimbabwe's political landscape correctly that the country has exhibited conspicuous signs of dynamism under the visionary leadership of President Emmerson Mnaga...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Xenophobic attacks worry Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has expressed deep concern over growing attacks and threats on its nationals in South Africa since the beginning of the year.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa said ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deadly xenophobic attacks against truck drivers in South Africa
Human Rights Watch has urged the South African government to take urgent measures to protect foreign national truck drivers from violence, intimidation, and harassment in the country's cycle of xenoph...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans leave after xenophobic attacks in Vuwani
"I miss my fellow Zimbabweans. We used to stay as a family but we are now scattered in Limpopo"A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, h...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 22:30hrs | 3 | by GroundUp.
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo village after xenophobic attacks
A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, have moved to other areas of Limpopo or returned to Zimbabwe after xenophobic violence erupted last mont...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | 2 | by GroundUP
Malema angers Mnangagwa regime
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been taken aback by withering criticism by South Africa's radical leftist leader Julius Malema who described the Zanu-PF leader as a "sell-out".Ma...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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