Xenophobia – Zabalaza for Socialism

More than 200 Refugees Now Sheltering in Stella Park

Refugee Community Che Guevara Road Camp Durban17 September 2026

Today around half of the refugees who had been living on Che Guevara Road since 22 May boarded buses to travel to Lindela, the notorious prison used to hold undocumented migrants prior to deportation. They have been given no clarity at all on what their future will now hold, or on what, if any, plans […]

PRESS STATEMENT – Siyafana Sonke Action Campaign

Siyafana Sonke Campaign10 September 2026

For further comment, contact: Yeshelen Govender – 083 417 4983 Lubna Nadvi – 083 786 4918 SIYAFANA SONKE ACTION CAMPAIGN | siyafanasonkeaction@gmail.com

March and March Plan to Attack Refugees Again on Thursday

Refugee Community Che Guevara Road Camp Durban9 September 2026

Last Thursday March and March attacked us – all documented refugees – who have been forced to live on Che Guevara Road since 22 May. We spent the whole winter living outside on the road after being forced from our homes and having our businesses seized or destroyed by fascist mobs. Two of us have […]

Violence at Che Guevara Road: March and March and eThekwini Municipality must account for Section 4 permits on 3rd and 4th September 2026

Siyafana Sonke Campaign7 September 2026

On the 3rd of September 2026, members of the March and March movement crossed Che Guevara Road in Umbilo, Durban, and directly confronted a community of documented refugees and asylum seekers who have been sheltering on the pavement outside the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Office for approximately three months. What followed was hours […]

From xenophobia to authoritarian politics

Koketso Moeti31 August 2026

This year marks 50 years since the 1976 youth uprising, a turning point in South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. While triggered by the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in schools, it would result in the creation of a new social force that birthed new movements of resistance and emancipatory politics. The anniversary serves as […]

Is Afrophobia a simplistic framing?

Socialist Voice Newsletter of the Marxist Group of Namibia18 August 2026

A left-wing view does not say xenophobia in South Africa is “naturally” Africanist or that “black” people are inherently united. It says xenophobia is a product of racial capitalism, township political economy, state rhetoric, and social fragmentation — and its racialised pattern of targets reflects material conditions, not essential identities. The term “Afrophobia” is analytically […]

The Politics of Division Has Entered Our Homes

Luke Sinwell15 July 2026

According to community reports, a woman was raped during an apparent housebreaking in Thembelihle this past weekend. A criminal case has been opened and the survivor received medical attention. This is not only the story of a terrible crime. It is a warning about the direction in which our communities are being pushed. Too often, […]

March Separately, Strike Together: Xenophobia, Working-Class Fragmentation, and Strategic Crossroads

Rehad Desai and Luke Sinwell8 July 2026

500 Migrants outside the Malawian consulate Woodmead, Johannesburg In townships and informal settlements across South Africa, violence against foreign nationals is no longer episodic. It is increasingly organised and spoken about in ways that normalise it. Groups such as March and March have become associated with mobilisation that targets migrants in the name of jobs, […]

No Borders, No Bosses, No Xenophobia: Build Proletarian Power from Below.

Socialism From Below6 July 2026

Keep Left/Socialism from Below statement There is no migration crisis. There is a crisis of capitalism. The violent events of 30 June remind us that xenophobia is a weapon used to divide the working class and excuse our rulers’ failings. South Africa’s crisis is rooted in an economic system that concentrates wealth in the hands […]

MAYOR’S REFUGEE DECEIT FLAMES ETHEKWINI TENSIONS

Siyafana Sonke Campaign6 July 2026

Siyafana Sonke Action Campaign condemns the utterances by Ethekwini Mayor, Cyril Xaba, feeding into the disinformation campaign targeting vulnerable migrant and refugee communities. According to Mayor Xaba’s comments in a recent podcast, he informed the interviewer that displaced refugees were demanding ‘free housing’, to the detriment of South Africans. The Siyafana Sonke campaign will not […]

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