PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Migrants and XenophobiaDouble Jeopardy: Women Migrants and Refugees in South AfricaOn the 11th of May 2008, South Africa was shaken by the outbreak of a wave of violence characterized by an intensity and fierceness previously unknown in this young democracy and reminiscent of apartheid bloodshed. This edition of Perspectives aims to investigate what precipitated this massive outbreak of violence , were these attacks truly spontaneous ? How did dimensions of… Read More Vincent Williams, Romi Fuller, Natalie Jaynes and Zoe NkongoloJune 18, 2008
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Migrants and Xenophobia, Transitional JusticeScarcity Sets Fire to SA's Xenophobic TinderboxIn January, acts of violence and intimidation were perpetrated against foreigners in Soshanguve. In March, foreigners’ home-based businesses were vandalised and items stolen in Atteridgeville West. In April, South African nationals looted the shops and burned the homes of foreigners in Mamelodi East. And just this week, South African nationals beat, raped and looted the homes of foreigners in Alexandra… Read More CSVRMay 22, 2008
PublicationsResearchMigrants and XenophobiaSeminar: Why do We Fear and Hate the 'Other'? Understanding Xenophobia in the South African ContextThe 2008 brutal attacks against foreign nationals and the subsequent displacement of thousands of others have raised questions to the extent to which human rights are truly understood and protected in South Africa. Against this backdrop, CSVR hosted a seminar to discuss theoretical understandings of xenophobia and their implications for policy making and implementation, research and advocacy, as well as… Read More CSVRMay 1, 2008
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Migrants and XenophobiaThe Gendered Nature of Xenophobia in South AfricaThis study was conceptualized, designed and implemented before the xenophobic attacks of May 2008 in recognition of the fact that xenophobia was a particular form of gender-based violence which was ongoing and pernicious but had been afforded scant attention in the past. The main objective of this study was to explore the gendered nature of xenophobia in South Africa and… Read More Romi Sigsworth, Collet Ngwane and Angelica PinoJanuary 1, 2008
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Migrants and XenophobiaWomen on the Run: Female Survivors of Torture Amongst Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers and Refugees in South AfricaThousands of Zimbabwean women have been subjected to several forms of torture, including rape, throughout the country's current political, economic and humanitarian crisis, according to a previous report produced by the Zimbabwe Torture Victims and Survivors Project. The report was written to coincide with South Africa's 'Sixteen days on gender activism'. It shows that a significant proportion of the women… Read More CSVRDecember 1, 2006
PublicationsResearchMigrants and Xenophobia, RacismShades of Prejudice: An Investigation into the South African Media's Coverage of Racial Violence and XenophobiaThis report appears as part of the broader Race in Transition Series of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). The report reveals the results of an extensive monitoring project of 4500 newspaper articles relating to racial incidents in South Africa over an eight-year period, starting with the advent of democracy in 1994. Read More Jack Fine and William BirdJune 1, 2006
