The Labour and Civic Organisation (LACO) has warned that rising unemployment and alleged labour abuses could trigger an outbreak of xenophobic violence if businesses fail to prioritise the hiring of ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec 15 (UNHCR) - Godwin Ale Willow, a soft-spoken Sudanese refugee, tries to keep up with the thread of our conversation while casting a wary eye on the television camera ...

South Africa goes to the polls tomorrow, and this campaign season has seen a number of candidates pushing anti-immigrant sentiment. More than 30 parties are on the ballot, all of them trying to chip ...

GERMISTON, South Africa, May 21 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Wednesday provided 2,000 blankets and 2,000 mats to victims of a wave of xenophobia in South Africa's Gauteng province. The ...

A cross section of Nigerians and Ghanians in Europe on Wednesday urged the African Union (AU) to intervene in the escalating xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Dr. Lawrence Ekpo, a political analyst ...

Imani Khumalo, a recent graduate of a university in Johannesburg, South Africa, still remembers the shock she felt during a Philosophy class in her second year. Students were asked by the lecturer to ...

The issue migration has played a major part in the South African elections and anti-immigration rhetoric and xenophobia have been central to many... The impact of migration and xenophobia in South ...