Xenophobia

The Working Class Summit Returns
On 05 August 2022, the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) hosted the second Working Class Summit to discuss issues like the rising cost of living, the rising electricity blackouts, to elevate the fight against the austerity programs and against the privatisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

KAAX Condemns the Burning Of the Yeoville Market
JOHANNESBURG, 22 JUNE. Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia condemns in the strongest terms the burning of the Yeoville Market in the early hours of Tuesday 21st June.

Kopanang Africa Picket at SA Human Rights Commission on Africa Day
On 25 May 2022, Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) held a picket at JD House

Young Migrant Woman Unable to Further Studies
Filomina Macuacua is a 22-year-old young woman originally from Maputo and currently based in Lawley

NO to Dudula’s Xenophobic Operations in the Western Cape
Global South Against Xenophobia (GSAX) notes the intended launch by Operation Dudula of their xenophobic movement in Cape Town on Saturday, 14 May 2022.

GIWUSA mourns the xenophobic murder of Elvis Nyathi – calls for united front against xenophobia
The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) mourns the tragic and disgraceful murder

Operation Dudula and its political enablers
Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia is a broad coalition of organisations, committed to combatting xenophobia. We

Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia Organised March Against Xenophobia
On Saturday, 26 March 2022, recently-formed coalition, Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) organised different communities

Memorandum of KAAX March on 26 March
We call upon the South African Government and Police Services to show leadership by taking

HIGH COURT OVERTURNS BAN ON KOPANANG AFRICA’S ANTI-XENOPHOBIA MARCH
As of 25 March 2022, a High Court judgment has overturned the ban on the

Xenophobia Tweets Spill Over To Reality
Xenophobia on Twitter is on the rise, warns Kyle Findlay, a researcher based in Cape Town. Furthermore, it’s not just a single incident that worries him; the xenophobic tweets have been going on for months…