Xenophobia

PUBLIC STATEMENT: Swift Action against Perpetrators of Threats made against HSF Director
Global South Against Xenophobia brings to your attention a threat made by a xenophobic individual on social media against the Director of the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF), Ms Nicole Fritz and her children.

Operation Dudula Disrupts Human Rights Festival
The Foundation for Human Rights hosted the 5th Annual Human Rights Festival four days after Human Rights Day, on 25 – 26 March 2023 at Constitution Hill.

Dr Phophi Constance Ramathuba, MEC for Health of the Limpopo province has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct by HPCSA for Xenophobic Statements
Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) welcomes the recent decision by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to find Dr Phophi Constance Ramathuba, the MEC for Health for the Limpopo province and a medical doctor, guilty of unprofessional conduct.

Operation Dudula targets young children in latest hate campaign
As though Operation Dudula’s xenophobic scapegoating could not get any worse – last week things reached an all-time low when the movement launched a campaign to remove children from classrooms in Diepsloot, Johannesburg.

ILRIG 2022 Political School on Combating Xenophobia
From 16 – 19 September 2022, The International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG), an independent NGO that does research, popular education, popular publications and platforms to forge solidarity for community organisations, labour and social movements, held their 19th Annual ILRIG Political School in Johannesburg at Bosco Youth Centre, in Walkerville.

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