Special Report: Xenophobic Attacks 2017

This special report provides an update on xenophobic incidents across South Africa over the course of 2017. With a focus on events occurring between 24 February and 06 March, this report provides updated information on the sequence of events that took place.

See the Xenowatch special report for February for more detailed information on events in Gauteng between 05 and 24 February this year, when community raids of foreign-owned or occupied residences and businesses led to the victimisation of well over 60 individuals, including foreign nationals and South African citizens.

March 2017 Xenowatch Special Report

For more information on Xenowatch or this brief, visit Xenowatch.org or contact xenowatch@migration.org.za.

Mapping xenophobic violence in South Africa: Opportunities and pitfalls of hot-spot and causal analysis in combatting xenophobic violence

An “NGOisation” of the social cohesion policies between migrants and South Africans? Initial results of an ethnographic investigation of the Cape Town migrant cause

19 Jun, 23 _ Reviews

“We Need to Sustain Migrant Health Forums to Infinity and Beyond”

Vearey, J., Walker, R., and Govere, E. (2023). “We Need to Sustain Migrant Health Forums to Infin

12 Mar, 19 _ Front Page

“The Personal is Political”: Engaging in arts-based teaching and research methods to center wellness in classroom and community spaces

05 Mar, 19 _ Front Page

“What futures were they ‘waiting’ for anyway?”: Addis Ababan youth in cultural dissent in the years leading up to the Ethiopian revolution, c.1950s-1974