21 February 2010
Sikhula Sonke has been shocked when we, while busy setting up to stay in Stofland for the evening heard local ANC members who went around with a bakkie and loud hailer instigating residents of Stofland to march to the refugee camp on Tuesday 23 February where Zimbabweans will be asked to leave the country. Read the rest of this entry »
August 25, 2009 Edition 1
Quinton Mtyala – Cape Times
LOCAL traders, operating in some of Cape Town’s townships have expressed their frustration at a “glass ceiling” which blocked their growth beyond spaza shops. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, Monday the 24th of August, representatives of the Anti-Eviction Campaign, the UNHR, as well as Somalian and local shopkeepers who recently signed a deal to prevent further violence in our townships, will head to Parliament.
They are slated to discuss the deal and the challenges associated with the recent negotiations at 14h00.
For more information, contact Mncedisi at 078 580 8646
For a collection of press releases and articles on the negotiation and xenophobia in general, click here.
TENSIONS between local and Somali store owners in Gugulethu have been allayed, thanks to both sides signing a “trading agreement”.
The agreement, which is not legally binding, was signed on Monday night and follows a series of contentious meetings between the traders around pricing and trading territory, among other issues. Read the rest of this entry »
2009-08-19 15:38:40 – Voice of the Cape
Local and Somali shopkeepers on Tuesday signed a landmark deal which is expected t bring peace between the two side that were at loggerheads for several months due to competition and business rivalry. It is hoped that the deal that was signed on Tuesday would help to avert xenophobia-related violence in Gugulethu, Philippi and Samora Machel. Both groups have agreed that this deal is meant to be a blueprint for other small businesses in other communities and will help them prevent a repeat of last year’s xenophobic pogroms. Read the rest of this entry »
After months of haggling and threats a deal has finally been struck between competing local and Somali shopkeepers operating in several townships. Read the rest of this entry »
Local and Somali shopkeepers have agreed on and now signed a deal to help avert xenophobia-related violence in Gugulethu, Philippi and Samora Machel. Both groups have agreed that this deal is meant to be a blueprint for other small businesses in other communities and will help them prevent a re-do of last year’s xenophobic pogroms.
The joint committee sign the deal yesterday, the 17th of August 2009 after months of community meetings and sometimes tense negotiations.
As mediators, Anti-Eviction Campaign activists are working to release the document to all affected parties. In the next week, this document will be made available to members of the public and relevant stakeholders (and will also be posted for download on our website).
Until then, it is important to note that latent tension will remain until government gets its act together and ends its anti-poor policies which subsidise large businesses like Spar, Shoprite and Pick n’ Pay. We would also like to note that the deal was signed with support of a UN representative but despite the near complete absence of support from City, Provincial or National government even though they were invited to participate.
For more information, contact our mediator, Mncedisi, at 078 580 8646
For our archive of information and articles on xenophobia in South Africa, click here.
2009-08-14 06:01:00 – VOCFM
Mncedisi Twalo (left) of the Anti Eviction Campaign tries to explain a point to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee’s senior Liaison officer Dr. Lawrence Mbagson, who chaired Thursday’s meeting convened in Guguletu to 
diffuse worrying rising tensions between local traders and Somali shop owners in the townships.
Cape Town is the most receptive and friendly city towards foreigners. That is according to the senior liaison officer of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Dr Lawrence Mbangson who based his comment on his personal experience and research. At the same time, he said that the Mother City has not the most welcoming community in South Africa, because the UNHCR has not recorded high cases of abuse in Cape Town compared to other cities in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Luyolo Community Centre in Gugulethu at 3pm/15h00:
The Anti-Xenophobic meeting that contains the interim committee members will each have to sign next to his/her name to implement the action of the deal tomorrow at Luyolo Community Centre in Gugulethu at 3pm/15h00
Contacts: Mncedisi Twalo 0785808646
29 July 2009
Peter Alexander and Peter Pfaffe – Sowetan
Promises made but nothing has happened
CONCERN that service delivery protests will degenerate into xenophobic violence was fuelled by reports from Balfour, Mpumalanga.
But there is a history of opposition to xenophobia in Balfour’s township, Siyathemba. An analysis of the protest must take a different form.
This was said by Mohammed Waqas, spokesman for 30 foreign nationals, mostly Ethiopians, gathered outside Balfour police station. Read the rest of this entry »
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