They fled turmoil and poverty - now they flee xenophobia
Jul 11, 2010 12:00 AM | By PHILANI NOMBEMBE

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Zimbabweans who fled political turmoil and poverty at home are returning to their country in droves - terrified of another outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa.

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The committee of ministers appointed to head off the threat of renewed xenophobia is seeking an urgent meeting with newspaper editors to discuss what they see as a pattern of damaging reports, the minister of police, Nathi Mthethwa, said yesterday.

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A Somali man was killed while two others were wounded in a hijacking in Nyanga yesterday.

The men were driving through Nyanga on their way to Phillipi when they were cornered by three gunmen while stopped at an intersection. The men were redirected to a different spot where the shooting occurred.

Hanad M.
Jul 10, 2010

Mohamed Omar Shador 29 years old Somali national was shot dead and two others were wounded in Khayelitsha near Cape Town.

Captain Frederick van Wyk said the incident was not a xenophobic attack.

the three Somalis are all shop owners, were on their way from Khayelitsha to buy stock at Philippi Cash and Carry when they were hijacked at a traffic light.

High-ranking politicans had become "peddlers of fear" over xenophobia, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Friday.

"We condemn and caution against this alarmist phobia by those who fuel these rumours," he said in what his ministry distributed as the text of a speech at a xenophobia summit in Khayelitsha.

Zweli Mnisi, GCIS, 8 July 2010

Government today outlined a multi-faceted plan to prevent any outbreak of violence against anyone, including foreign nationals in South Africa and further called upon all civic organizations, political parties, youth formations and the religious fraternity to work together.

Hlengiwe Mnguni, News24
Cape Town – Chances of a rumoured breakout of xenophobic violence after the World Cup are low, says the Western Cape government citing police information.

Johannesburg - The police denied on Thursday that the army was deployed to Ramaphosa informal settlement on Johannesburg's East Rand for fear of an outbreak of xenophobic attacks.

"It was normal crime prevention duties. There is no fear of anything," said Warrant Officer Andre de Jager.

By Sibusiso Nkomo

The army was deployed to back up police in Du Noon on Tuesday in a joint anti-crime operation residents said had to do with persistent rumours of an outbreak of xenophobic violence after the World Cup.

"At the moment, we cannot tell the public what the operation is about, but we can confirm that the army has been deployed," national police spokeswoman Sally de Beer said.

Jul 6, 2010 12:50 PM | By Sapa
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Foreign nationals fearing renewed outbreaks of xenophobic violence reportedly continue to seek transport out of Cape Town.

Employees of the Engen Winelands filling station at Kraaifontein on the N1 said there were still numbers of Zimbabweans and other nationals at the facility looking for lifts.