… President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday: “Our security forces are ready.” March and March, the main organisation behind the protests, has said that it is not calling for violence. …
… Activists such as Victoria Africa, also known as Queen Vee, and groups like “March and March” emerged at the forefront of anti-immigration campaigns, demanding that undocumented migrants leave the country. …
… As the June 30 ultimatum by vigilante groups such as ‘March and March’ approaches, the urgency and ugliness of the situation demands a simple but profound question: if Africans must go, then where should they go to? …
… As the June 30 ultimatum by vigilante groups such as ‘March and March’ approaches, the urgency and ugliness of the situation demands a simple but profound question: if Africans must go, then where should they go to? …
… As the June 30 ultimatum by vigilante groups such as ‘March and March’ approaches, the urgency and ugliness of the situation demands a simple but profound question: if Africans must go, then where should they go to? …
… As the June 30 ultimatum by vigilante groups such as “March and March” approaches, the urgency and ugliness of the situation demand a simple but profound question: if Africans must go, then where should they go? …
… It follows a series of mainly peaceful protests this year, led by the anti-migrant group March and March, the opposition party ActionSA, and others, which have set 30 June as the deadline for undocumented migrants to leave. …
… The violence, which has killed at least five people and triggered a diplomatic rift across the continent, has been driven by the anti-immigration movement March and March, whose founder Jacinta Ngobese denies that it amounts to xenophobia. …
… The protest, which is ongoing in parts of South Africa, is being organised by a group identified as “March and March” over unemployment and the presence of undocumented foreign nationals. …
Thousands of Malawian and Zimbabwean migrants are seeking to leave South Africa before nationwide anti-immigrant protests on June 30, fearing violence. South Africa has experienced xenophobic protests and attacks in recent weeks, prompting many foreigners to flee.
Thousands of Malawian and Zimbabwean migrants are seeking to leave South Africa before nationwide anti-immigrant protests on June 30, fearing violence. South Africa has experienced xenophobic protests and attacks in recent weeks, prompting many foreigners to flee.
Xenophobia in South Africa is part of a broader pattern across African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, and Mauritania turning against fellow Africans during times of tension. Recent anti-immigration campaigns in South Africa, including confrontations with migrant workers and calls for undocumented migrants to leave, prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce stricter immigration enforcement measures.
An opinion piece argues that xenophobic attacks on fellow Africans in South Africa highlight a deeper problem: African nations invoking colonial-era borders to justify exclusion, fragmenting continental identity and undermining collective African potential. The author questions where Africans should "go" if expelled, pointing to pre-colonial African mobility and suggesting history demands a reckoning with imposed territorial divisions.
The Chronicle argues that violence against Africans in South Africa, including June 30 ultimatums by vigilante groups, reflects the continent's troubling invocation of colonial borders to justify exclusion. The piece contends that pre-colonial Africa saw free movement and trade across cultural lines, and questions whether modern territorial divisions should override continental solidarity.
A Daily Guide opinion piece critiques xenophobic violence against African migrants in South Africa, arguing that colonial-imposed borders have created artificial divisions that contradict Africa's pre-colonial history of movement and trade across cultural spaces rather than rigid territorial lines.
A Joy Online opinion piece argues that xenophobic violence in South Africa—where vigilante groups have set June 30 ultimatums for Africans to leave—exposes the artificial nature of colonial borders and risks entrenching the continental fragmentation imposed during colonialism rather than enabling the unity Africans seek.
As anti-migrant protests set a 30 June deadline for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa, hundreds of foreign nationals—mainly Malawians—have fled their homes following violent intimidation by groups carrying weapons. Migrants report door-to-door attacks and are gathering in makeshift settlements seeking refuge.
Princess Adjei, a 33-year-old Ghanaian who moved to South Africa as a toddler, lost her hair salon and apartment during an anti-migrant march in Durban but says she has no plans to leave, as South Africa is the only place she has ever called home.
Princess Adjei, who moved to South Africa from Ghana as a toddler and spent her entire life there, saw her hair salon looted during May anti-migrant demonstrations. She and her 14-year-old son are now among scores of long-term residents forced onto the streets after attacks targeting foreign nationals, despite many having legal documentation.
ECOWAS strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Mali last Saturday and called on West African states and security forces to unite against the threat. Ghana's High Commission in South Africa issued a safety advisory to Ghanaian nationals following an ongoing protest in Johannesburg's central business district organised over unemployment and undocumented foreign nationals.