Xenophobia
More than 57,000 people were deported from South Africa last year
The Department of Home Affairs is clamping down on illegal immigration
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 22 May 2026
March and March protest turns ugly again
Protesters diverted from the agreed route and attacked immigrants
Brief | 30 April 2026
Stop blaming immigrants for government failures, Johannesburg marchers say
“This march is a declaration that no one is illegal and that our future is bound together as one human race”
Brief | 20 April 2026
Metro cops warn March and March protesters to behave
Businesses along the march route remained closed
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 17 April 2026
Court warns government: stop vigilantes blocking clinic access
The Department of Health and other government respondents have failed to comply with a court order to stop anti-immigrant vigilantes screening patients
Brief | 27 March 2026
“Wrest control of the clinics from the hands of the vigilantes” judge tells state
Xenophobia is one of the greatest threats to democracy and human rights, says Judge Stuart Wilson
Law | 4 December 2025
State must stop xenophobic vigilantism at clinics, court told
Médecins Sans Frontières, Treatment Action Campaign and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia launched an application in the South Gauteng High Court
Law | 26 November 2025
Judge interdicts Operation Dudula
Human dignity has no nationality, says Judge Adams
Law | 4 November 2025
Eviction hearing looms for refugees in Bellville camp
The refugees have rejected repatriation to home countries or returning to South African communities
News | 15 August 2025