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Zimbabweans, who have sought refuge at the Alexandra police station north east of Johannesburg, have pleaded with South Africans to be tolerant with them in view of the current situation in their country. Hundreds of displaced foreigners - mainly Zimbabweans - are living at the Alexandra police...
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Police keep watchful eye on Alexandra Township
Police have beefed up security in Johannesburg's Alexandra Township for the weekend. This follows xenophobic attacks throughout the week. Two people have died and scores of others have been arrested for public violence. The situation has calmed down in Alex, but xenophobic attacks have spread to...
'Alex violence must be stopped'
Johannesburg - The spate of violence in Alexandra had to be contained or else it would cause problems in the future, Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba said on Friday. Makgoba told religious leaders that it was unacceptable that foreign nationals were attacked and displaced. "Foreigners are...
Zimbabwe: Country Embassy Assists Xenophobia Victims
Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Harare The Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa yesterday moved in to assist its nationals displaced in attacks on foreigners in South Africa as the attacks spread to the Diepsloot area in Johannesburg. As news of the death of two more people and the displacement of...
Country Embassy Assists Xenophobia Victims
Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Harare The Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa yesterday moved in to assist its nationals displaced in attacks on foreigners in South Africa as the attacks spread to the Diepsloot area in Johannesburg. As news of the death of two more people and the displacement of...
Church leaders march in Alexandra
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba is leading a march to Alexandra Police Station, north of Johannesburg against recent xenophobic attacks in that area. Makgoba and other church leaders are visiting Alexandra in an effort to establish what caused the recent wave of xenophobic violence in the...
South Africa: Dying to Explain Blood in Alexandra
Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Aubrey Matshiqi Johannesburg SOCIAL and political phenomena are seldom reducible to a single explanation. This applies to most conflicts, including the xenophobic barbarism that has engulfed the Johannesburg township of Alexandra. The attacks on foreigners from other...
Dying to Explain Blood in Alexandra
Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Aubrey Matshiqi Johannesburg SOCIAL and political phenomena are seldom reducible to a single explanation. This applies to most conflicts, including the xenophobic barbarism that has engulfed the Johannesburg township of Alexandra. The attacks on foreigners from other...
Govt task team deployed to Alexandra
The government says a special task team will be investigating the cause of the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra, and elsewhere in the country. This follows four nights of violence, in which foreign nationals were attacked by locals. This morning, Home Affairs Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, her...
Police fire rubber bullets in Alexandra
It is alleged that the attacks were planned at a meeting by the Alexandra Resident Association Police fired rubber bullets at Alexandra residents lighting fires in London Road tonight. Residents were holding an impromptu meeting along the main road in the township when tempers flared. The crowd...
Zimbabweans 'can go home'
Johannesburg - Zimbabwean nationals who wish to be repatriated back to their country, following the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra, should approach their Consul General's office, said a spokesperson on Wednesday. The spokesperson - who did not want to be named - said his office was readily...
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