SLR Diary: Ostrich-like, flatulent MPs serve no-one
Socialist MPs in the UK and South Africa are currently so busy serving themselves in ongoing episodes of what would be deep satire were it not so dangerous for those who elected them.
Xenophobia
🔒 ‘As bad as apartheid SA’: Xenophobia riots spark anti-SA backlash – NYT
The New York Times has pulled together the threads of a week in which South Africa has made the headlines for violence around the country.
SA violence in global spotlight; 300 arrests; Boris all in on Brexit; US stocks soar; Capitec, Discovery, Hyprop
The United Nations has condemned a wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa in which at least 10 people died. It blames poverty for the outbreak of violence.
Protests and Xenophobia douse SA investment drive
The World Economic Forum on Africa was supposed to be President Cyril Ramaphosa’s chance to prove his nation’s claim to being the continent’s top investment destination. It’s all gone horribly wrong.
Open Society condemns upswing in gender violence, xenophobia
The Open Society Foundation for South Africa strongly condemns the recent incidents of violence against women and attacks on non-South Africans.
🔒 WORLDVIEW: SA rioters are wrong – we’re to blame, not foreigners
The day-to-day economic woes of the majority of South Africans cannot be laid at the feet of African migrants. The fault lies a lot closer to home.
Xenophobia storm hits MTN, Shoprite, Pepkor, Pick n Pay; Nigeria recalls SA envoy; Ramaphosa Tweets for calm
Mobile-phone giant MTN and grocer Shoprite are among South African firms facing a backlash to xenophobic violence in their home country.
🔒 How world sees SA: Shameful xenophobia
The NYT cites a recent report by the African Centre for Migration & Society, which has monitored attacks on foreigners in South Africa since 1994.
Economic paralysis contributing to xenophobia – Chris Hattingh
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s new economic strategy paper is a refreshing, much needed breath of fresh air for an economy struggling for oxygen.
MTN, Shoprite face xenophobic backlash in Nigeria
Mobile-phone giant MTN Group and grocer Shoprite are among South African firms facing a backlash to xenophobic violence in their home country.