African leaders ‘must get their act together’ so their citizens don’t leave – Nzimande
SA can’t ‘absorb the result of all the problems that are made by leaders who want to loot their country,’ the SACP general secretary said.
South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande has lashed out at African heads of state, saying South Africa has had to cope with an influx of foreign nationals because of the instability of other countries on the continent.
WATCH: Air Peace CEO tears up on first Nigerian evacuation flight out of SA
In the footage, the airline boss can be seen unable to hold back tears as his countrymen embrace him.
South Africans aren’t xenophobic, they’re hungry – Chief Justice
He appealed to researchers to focus on the ‘true problems in Africa’.
KZN health department does U-turn on hiring of foreign doctors
This comes after the distribution of a circular claiming the department had suspended the foreign professionals.
WATCH: ‘Foreign shop owner’ fights back against looters
In the footage, it seems a man has had enough of the looters and is seen hitting a man.
Xenophobia – South Africa is not alone
Analysts warned against defining the phenomenon as ‘South African’ or ‘acts of criminality’ because factors were similar throughout the world.
Expert slams Zulu king’s ‘interference’ in xenophobia crisis
Constitutional law expert Phephelaphi Dube said it was concerning that the king seemed to influence state affairs.
SA isn’t xenophobic, protests were criminality – Mapisa-Nqakula
The defence minister also noted the department of home affairs had deported more than 10,000 undocumented Africans.
Gallery – Crime intelligence ‘failed miserably’ on violence – expert
‘The crime intelligence unit is still in the process of correcting themselves, but they were not capable of detecting the impending xenophobic attacks,’ an expert says.
Airline, not Nigerian govt, offered to ‘evacuate’ Nigerians from SA – Dlodlo
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) said it only knew what it had read in the media regarding this offer.
Identify and apprehend those orchestrating the violence – Maimane
The DA leader called on national government to deploy an emergency budget to deal with the violence in Gauteng.
Only two of 12 xenophobic violence victims were foreign nationals
The country recently witnessed a resurgence of intense public violence in the form of shop looting, burning property, and angry demonstrations.
WATCH: Trevor Noah applauds Malema’s ‘perfect’ views on xenophobic attacks
The EFF leader expresses the view that foreign nationals are being scapegoated, and that fellow South Africans will be next.
ANC strongly condemns xenophobic attacks – Ace Magashule
The secretary-general says the national officials of the governing party met on Monday to discuss the violence engulfing South Africa.
WATCH: Violence surged after Buthelezi’s address to hostel dwellers, says Cele
This comes as the Gauteng death toll rises to 12, with 639 people reportedly arrested so far amid looting and violence.
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