Xenophobia
Xenophobic attacks killed four people in Addo. A year later, anti-immigrant sentiment is rising again
There have been no arrests for the murder of Juane September or for the immigrants killed in revenge attacks
Brief | 28 May 2026
Government scrambles to deal with anti-immigration protests
Ministers convened a “high-level” meeting at the Union Buildings on Monday
News | 26 May 2026
Mangaung shutdown turns to looting of immigrant-owned shops
Over 140 people arrested
Brief | 26 May 2026
More than 57,000 people deported from South Africa last year
The Department of Home Affairs is clamping down on illegal immigration
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 22 May 2026
March and March protest turns ugly again
Protesters diverted from the agreed route and attacked immigrants
Brief | 30 April 2026
Stop blaming immigrants for government failures, Johannesburg marchers say
“This march is a declaration that no one is illegal and that our future is bound together as one human race”
Brief | 20 April 2026
Metro cops warn March and March protesters to behave
Businesses along the march route remained closed
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 17 April 2026
Court warns government: stop vigilantes blocking clinic access
The Department of Health and other government respondents have failed to comply with a court order to stop anti-immigrant vigilantes screening patients
Brief | 27 March 2026
“Wrest control of the clinics from the hands of the vigilantes” judge tells state
Xenophobia is one of the greatest threats to democracy and human rights, says Judge Stuart Wilson
Law | 4 December 2025