Quartz Mediaso
Feb 22, 2017
African migrants in South Africa are in fear for their lives—again
Once again, there are signs of growing xenophobia in South Africa. Despite the lives lost in previous waves of violence, the country has...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 22, 2017
South African High Court Rejects ICC Withdrawal
South Africa’s North Gauteng High Court today ruled that the government’s attempt to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Al Jazeera
Feb 21, 2017
Nigerians in S Africa 'living in fear' after attacks
Members of Nigeria's community in South Africa have raised concerns over renewed anti-immigrant violence, appealing to authorities to...
Ernst Roets | AfriForum
Feb 16, 2017
Anti-white Racism in South Africa
Presentation to the South African Human Rights Commission by Ernst Roets Deputy CEO of AfriForum, 16 February 2017 Anti-white racism in...
RW Johnson | BizNews
Dec 27, 2016
RW Johnson: Why Zuma’s ANC turning to racism, fuelling anti-white rhetoric
If South Africa possesses finer political analysts than RW “Bill” Johnson, I’ve yet to discover them. The former anti-Apartheid activist,...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 30, 2016
Angola: New Media Law Threatens Free Speech
Update: On January 23, Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos signed the new media law that limits freedom of expression, despite...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 6, 2016
Confrontation in Zimbabwe Turns Increasingly Violent
Zimbabwe may not be a failed state yet, but its rulers are doing nothing to prevent its collapse. After months of empty promises of...
The Guardian
Oct 15, 2015
Why South Africa is Wrong to leave the International Criminal Court
When South African president Jacob Zuma confirmed he was planning to withdraw the country from the international criminal court, he was...
News 24
May 11, 2015
Second UN rapporteur visit to SA called off
United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo addresses journalists in central London. (Carl Court, AFP) The United Nations' special...
Ranjeni Munusamy | Daily Maverick
Apr 22, 2015
Xenophobia and the media: Where truth and patriotism intersect
There he was, the president of South Africa, reading the Sunday newspapers and thinking: “This makes us look bad.” The cause of...
Achille Mbembe | Africa is a Country
Apr 16, 2015
Xenophobica in South Africa
“Afrophobia”? “Xenophobia”? “Black on black racism”? A “darker” as you can get hacking a “foreigner” under the pretext of his being too...