Jul 24, 2010 1:20 PM | By Times LIVE
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The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) says the possibility of xenophobic attacks were nothing but "exaggeration and sensationalism".

By Natasha Prince
Staff Reporter

A Somali teenager was killed outside a shop on Sweet Home Farm near Nyanga on Monday.

Omar Haji Mohamud, 19, who was staying with friends and helping at the Madiba Shop, a spaza shop, was killed at about 7am.

A Somali national is reported to being shot dead in P.E Township at the height of much speculated xenophobic outbreak.

No details are available at the moment, but sources in the area say he was shot dead in his shop at Greenbushes location.

This comes barely a week after another Somali national dead of injuries his sustained from gun shots by alleged robbers.

Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:46pm GMT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's military joined police on Tuesday to patrol an impoverished Johannesburg township after assaults on foreign migrants injured at least 11 and increased concerns of a fresh wave of xenophobic attacks.

Jul 14, 2010 5:09 PM | By Sapa
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Officials seemed to be avoiding use of the word xenophobia in the hope that the violence in the Western Cape would subside, three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) charged.

Jul 15, 2010 4:03 PM | By Times LIVE
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We are convinced that these xenophobic attacks are not spontaneous acts of hatred for foreign nationals but are meticulously planned to destabilize the country and threaten the stability of the nation, the SA Students Congress says.
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By Caryn Dolley

Foreigners forced from informal settlements around the province are still too scared to return to their homes because they fear being attacked again.

By Caryn Dolley

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa and Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu flew into the Western Cape on Monday to assess xenophobic attacks as foreign shopkeepers were threatened and forced from their stores, which were looted.

Jul 12, 2010 10:45 PM | By BOBBY JORDAN

Xeno violence reported in Cape - 'but this time it's worse', survivor says

Last time, they cut his face open with a panga and destroyed his shop, but Ibrahim Mursal said the mood is worse this year.

11 July 2010, 10:07
Three Somali men hijacked on their way to buy stock for their shop in Khayelitsha early on Saturday were taken to a remote area in Philippi and shot at point-blank range.

Mohamed Omar Shadoor, 26, died instantly from a shot to the head, while Mohamed Hassanali is in a critical condition at Groote Schuur after being shot in the mouth.