A 34-year-old foreign businessman was shot dead at the Tseki shopping complex in QwaQwa in the Free State.
Police spokesperson Thandi Mbambo said the incident occurred on Wednesday evening.
She said at around 17:50 police received a report that a … Read the rest
Immigration lawyers have noticed a spike in inquiries from South African residents interested in emigrating from one or two a week last year to about 10 a week now.
Even the NGO Homecoming Revolution, which encourages expats to return to … Read the rest
The trial of three blacks and a minor alleged to have murdered Mozambican national Emmanuel Sithole was set to start in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
The murder of the Mozambican national made world headlines when the attack was … Read the rest
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe laid the blame for xenophobic violence in South Africa on whites, because he said they still owned most of the land and had most of the opportunities.
“It is a matter of the whites keeping things … Read the rest
Officials at the Central Methodist Church in the Joburg city centre believe that the fire at the building was the work of disgruntled members.
The church’s superintendent minister, Reverend Ndumiso Ncombo, said residents had set a room alight to spite … Read the rest
Operation Fiela by the SA Police Service was meant to eliminate criminal activities and was not a form of harassment or xenophobia, African National Congress secretary Gwede Mantashe said on Sunday.
“Operation Fiela strives to apprehend and disarm those with … Read the rest
A man was arrested in Mentz village near Mankweng in Polokwane on Monday for alleged human trafficking, Limpopo police said.
The man, 27, who was not from South Africa, allegedly brought 19 men, all foreign nationals, across the border into … Read the rest
A UK law society has stepped up its pursuit of the Sun and its ‘Nazi propaganda’ spouting columnist Katie Hopkins over alleged anti-migrant hate speech, referring both to a powerful international court usually reserved for war criminals.
The Society of … Read the rest
South African police have arrested 198 illegal immigrants in a raid in Johannesburg, according to officials.
The arrests came after a spate of xenophobic attacks by local mobs which targeted immigrant workers from Zimbabwe, Malawi and other African countries.
The … Read the rest
Other African nations should stop their citizens from migrating to South Africa to prevent violence against foreigners, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday
A wave of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa has claimed seven lives in Durban and Johannesburg over … Read the rest
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor recently launched the “We are Africa mobile app” which is an online platform in which the public can pledge their support against xenophobia.
The application’s creators embody the very message of the anti-xenophobia campaign … Read the rest
The Herald can confirm that what is believed to be the body of a white teacher, Jayde Panayiotou was found on Wednesday morning.
Panayiotou disappeared without a trace from outside her Port Elizabeth home just minutes after talking to a … Read the rest
The Alexandra Magistrate’s Court Tuesday postponed the murder case of Emmanuel Sithole to 4 May 2015, for formal bail application.
Sithole was beaten and stabbed to death in Alexandra on Sunday.
His alleged attackers were documented by a Sunday Times … Read the rest
American business magnate and television personality, Donald Trump, has called South Africa a very dangerous mess.
He expressed his opinion, which he said he has held for a while, via a tweet to his followers on Monday night.
“As I … Read the rest
