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Did you even read the article before posting this message? There was another man killed the next day. Apologise and delete, Clayson. You are the one who failed to fact-check.
"The attack on Simon happened last Wednesday afternoon. Early the following morning, another foreign national was beaten to death by a mob of 50 people in the Durban city centre, according to a police statement."
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Can South Africans and migrants ever live in harmony? Between 2022 and 2025, 406 incidents of xenophobic discrimination were recorded in South Africa. But is xenophobia really driven by poverty and frustration, or are deeper political factors at play? Researchers from the Wits African Centre for Migration and Society explore the role of distrust, weak governance and political scapegoating in fuelling xenophobia.
🔗 Read More: ow.ly/aQ1e5101Ca9
#WitsForGood #WitsCuriosityMagazine
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Ugandan man nearly killed by March and March mob speaks from hospital dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Less than 0.005% of the social assistance budget (about R300 billion) is spent on refugees and asylum seekers (about R10.6 million). They are excluded from almost all social grants, except the SRD grant, and very, very few receive that grant.
Yes, 0.005%, ie less than a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of 1%.
But politicians want you to believe that foreign nationals are a drain on resources.
Deeply misleading post: of the R1.3 billion, only R10.6 million was spent on refugees and asylum seekers.
And the total of R1.3bn (almost all of which was spent on permanent residents), should be understood in the context of a budget for social assistance of just under R300bn.
The amount spent on permanent residents is less than 0.4% of the social assistance budget. The amount spent on refugees and asylum seekers is less than 0.004% of the social assistance budget.
Over 99.5% of the social grants budget is spent on citizens. Over 99.99% is spent on citizens and permanent residents.
But don't let facts get in the way.
Jason Brickhill retweeted
R 1.3 billion has been spent on grants for permanent residents, refugees and asylum seekers in 25/26 financial year.
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Cape Town’s infrastructure still bears the legacy of spatial apartheid. Watch GOOD’s Cape Town Mayoral Candidate, Brett Herron, explain how two decades of unequal investment created a tale of two cities.
Spatial redress is not a buzzword. It is a priority.
One city. One standard of service for ALL Capetonians.
#VoteGOOD #SpatialJustice #CapeTown2026#fypシ #GOODParty
Jason Brickhill retweeted
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE❗️❗️❗️
KAAX STATEMENT: Three attacks, one death, no arrests: mob violence against African migrants in Durban
#KAAX
#StopXenophobia
kaax.org.za/three-attacks-on…
It is xenophobic vigilante hate groups that are apparently above the law.
MYTH: Asylum seekers and refugees are above the law
FACT: South Africa upholds the rule of law and the integrity of the migration system.
All asylum seekers and refugees are required to comply with South African laws, maintain valid documentation and cooperate with lawful administrative processes.
#Misdisinformation #FactsvsMyth #GovZAUpdates
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[STATEMENT] AHMED KATHRADA FOUNDATION CONDEMNS HORRIFIC DURBAN MOB KILLING; WARNS AGAINST FLARING XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation strongly condemns the brutal killing of a man, alleged to have been a foreign national, by a mob in Durban’s CBD.
This senseless act of violence comes amid escalating anti-immigrant marches and rhetoric that risk fuelling further xenophobia and vigilantism.
No grievance, economic anxiety or political dissatisfaction can ever justify mob justice. Targeting people because of their nationality violates our Constitution and the values of a non-racial, just South Africa.
The Foundation calls for an urgent and transparent investigation, with all those responsible — including anyone who incited the violence — held accountable under the law.
We urge communities, leaders and civil society to reject inflammatory anti-migrant rhetoric, exercise restraint and challenge unverified information that could trigger further violence.
We must stand together against xenophobia and vigilantism. Human dignity and the rule of law must prevail.
📷 Read the full statement: bit.ly/4yytlor
#kathylegacy #humanrights #nonracialism #StopXenophobia #JusticeForAll #RuleOfLaw #AhmedKathradaFoundation
Jason Brickhill retweeted
KAAX slams foreign national's murder in Durban sabcnews.com/sabcnews/kaax-s…
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Who pays for social grant “savings”?
In @dailymaverick, IEJ Senior Researcher @kellehowson examines R13bn in #MTBPS2026 grant cuts, including R6.8bn from the SRD grant, and the consequences for poverty, GBV, and child malnutrition.
dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
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1/8 in @BDliveSA, @TamarKahn reports that R13bn in grant “savings” will help fund the fight against gender-based violence.
But whose money is being “saved”, and why should protecting women depend on excluding people from social assistance? #MTBPS2026
End impunity for xenophobic violence.
The Regulation of Gatherings Act 205 of 1993 imposes civil liability on organisers and participants for riot damage - including any deaths, injuries or damage to property. Authorities, including police, may also be liable if their negligence contributed.
"Liability for damage arising from gatherings and demonstrations
11. (1) If any riot damage occurs as a result of- (a) a gathering, every organization on behalf of or under the auspices of which that gathering was held, or, if not so held, the convener; (b) a demonstration, every person participating in such demonstration, shall, subject to subsection (2), be jointly and severally liable for that riot damage as a joint wrongdoer contemplated in Chapter II of the Apportionment of Damages Act, 1956 (Act No. 34 of 1956), together with any other person who unlawfully caused or contributed to such riot damage and any other organization or person who is liable therefor in terms of this subsection."
gov.za/sites/default/files/g…
Jason Brickhill retweeted
On 15 October, we gathered with George Bizos’s family, friends, colleagues & supporters for the 5th George Bizos Human Rights Award Dinner. We celebrated a legacy built through using the law to challenge abuses of power and standing alongside people whose rights had been denied🧵
Jason Brickhill retweeted
This is grand ignorance, the kind we do not expect from African political leaders.
Samora Machel died on South African soil, in a crash long blamed on the apartheid regime, because he stood with your liberation movements.
Yet a South African politician seeking public office tweets such ignorant drivel. This is beyond embarrassing. It is deeply disappointing.
Sadly, these are the leaders who get elected to run councils, provinces and, God forbid, countries, carrying such shameful ignorance with them.
Thirty-four people died in the plane crash that killed Samora Machel at Mbuzini on 19 October 1986. They paid with their lives because Mozambique stood with South Africans in the fight for their freedom.
Today you seek political office and speak with contempt about that sacrifice. What a shameless man you are.
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