Various organisations and individuals have condemned the aggressive approach of state officials towards the safety of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, amid rising anti-migrant rhetoric and vigilantism in South Africa.
Xenophobia
State of the working class and its movements
Building a political organisation requires addressing the urgent needs of the working poor and their communities while ensuring their protection, welfare, and dignity.
INTLUNGU LAND OCCUPATION CAPE TOWN
Interview with Zama Timbela and Mabhelandile Twani, leading activists in Intlungu Yasematyotyombeni. Amandla!: Tell us about the housing situation in Khayelitsha. Mabhelandile Twani: Here in Khayelitsha we have backyarders and people who have been in family houses for...
Editorial: Prospects for a new Left
WHERE IS THE ORGANISED solidarity with the workers’ movement in Ukraine, fighting the Russian occupation? Where is the movement to defend foreign nationals from xenophobia? Where is the movement against femicide? And where is the fight against extreme budget cuts that...
Xenophobia in Thembalethu township: INTERVIEW
My name is Siphiwo Mathys. I am a community activist in Thembalethu township in George and I am a member of the Active United Front. Siphiwo Mathys: In my community, we have been residing with people from other tribes, other nations for years. They have been working...
BUILDING SOLIDARITY AGAINST XENOPHOBIA
THE 13TH OF JUNE 2022 marked 42 years since the brutal assassination of Walter Rodney, the Guyanese activist and historian. His most influential book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, has been described as “a priceless weapon of theory and history that restores the...
XENOPHOBIA ON THE FARMS: INTERVIEW
My name is Denia Jansen and I’m part of Mawubuye Land Rights Movement. We are in alliance with CSAAWU, the farm workers’ union. My daily work is working with workers, especially seasonal workers and community members, struggling for land. Much of the work I do is out...
From Operation Fiela to Operation Dudula: the state, politics and xenophobia
27TH FEBRUARY 2019, THE Cabinet of South Africa approved the National Action Plan to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (NAP). The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ) launched the NAP on 25th March 2019. Its...
ANTIDOTE TO XENOPHOBIA IS ORGANISATION
THE PERSISTENT PREVALENCE OF xenophobic attitudes within the working class is no surprise. Nor is the emergence in many townships of Operation Dudula, an openly reactionary and right-wing organisation. Equally unsurprising is the resonance of Operation Dudula in...









