Xenophobia in South Africa – How we’re helping
Xenophobia has been rearing its ugly head in South Africa for the last couple months and over the last 10 days it has gotten progressively worse. It has now transgressed into vicious attacks on foreigners that has left more than 24 people dead.
The public outcry both in South Africa and the rest of Africa has been astounding and even we have blogged about these atrocities on our personal blogs over here, here and here.
Thanks to the hard work of Mark and Stii we have now just launched a dedicated page on Afrigator covering the Xenophobia in South Africa through all aspects of social and traditional media.
We created a similar page when the violence hit Kenya after the elections and because of the great success with this initiative we realised that it would be very important for people to keep track of what’s going on in the social media space.
This Xenophobia page aggregates everything that is being said about the crisis in South Africa and we’ve split the page up into Blog posts, News coverage, Podcasts and Videos uploaded to YouTube.
At time of writing this post we have already aggregated content across the following mediums:
- Blogs: 217 blog posts
- News: 33 news articles
- Podcasts: 1 thus far
- Videos: 6 uploaded to YouTube
What is very interesting to see is that bloggers across Africa feel very passionate about these xenophobic attacks. The very notion of Social media is proving just how effective individuals can be in combating issues throughout our continent and we hope that with the launch of this dedicated page more people will become aware of just how important this issue has become.
We would also like to extend a special thanks to The Times for giving us permission to use the photo by Simphiwe Nkwali as the header image on this page! This image forms part of a shocking and tragic photo story titled “Flames of Hate” and if you haven’t seen it go check it out here.
Help spread the word and let’s be outspoken over these barbaric events. We can all make a difference!
Afrigator’s dedicated Xenophobia page by Justin Hartman said,
Wrote on May 22, 2008 @ 08:01
[...] and I’m super impressed with the way in which the page has turned out. I urge you to read the blog post on the Afrigator blog as it breaks down this page into much greater [...]
stii.za.net » Blog Archive » Afrigator Beta2.0 - Lets amplify the Xenophobia issue said,
Wrote on May 22, 2008 @ 08:56
[...] You can also read a little more on the Afrigator blog, with some interesting stats and observations! Read it here: http://blog.afrigator.com/2008/05/22/xenophobia-in-south-africa-how-were-helping/ [...]
Khadija said,
Wrote on May 22, 2008 @ 15:14
How serious are you about having your voice heard regarding peace in Africa ? – K
South Africans: Lobsters in a boiling pot | Paul Jacobson said,
Wrote on May 23, 2008 @ 07:17
[...] show of support for the growing number of refugees in our country as a result of the savage and [...]
Liverig said,
Wrote on May 25, 2008 @ 19:13
We have all to accept the people that came intoAfrcia, weknow that some stolen our jobs but it is not reason to attack them.
We need to study more, to be able to get ours own jobs !
Violence in South Africa « TLC Studio said,
Wrote on May 26, 2008 @ 17:15
[...] Afrigator launched a campaign which they talked about at they official blog, that was very good. [...]
Uncleche said,
Wrote on May 27, 2008 @ 08:13
I am shocked by this. I thought South Africa was the most developed and civilised African country…
Oluniyi David Ajao said,
Wrote on May 27, 2008 @ 22:41
As Xenophobic as South Africans…
A look at the disgraceful xenophobia exhibited by many South Africans.
……
Barbara Volkwyn said,
Wrote on June 14, 2008 @ 16:18
This website was launched two weeks ago to assist victims as well as volunteers. My brother has succeeded in securing a 0800 tollfree number where victims can call for assistance. We do need some assistance with printing A3 posters and erecting them. If you’d like to volunteer please contact info@xenophobia.org.za or barbara.volkwyn@gmail.com. Thanks.
Barbara Volkwyn said,
Wrote on June 14, 2008 @ 16:22
The website name is xenophobia.org.za. You may also send us news, comments, opinions as well as people or organizations and their contact info and a description of what type of assistance they are offering which will then be posted on the website. Thanks again.
Barbara Volkwyn said,
Wrote on July 19, 2008 @ 14:32
The tollfree number has been up and running for a few weeks. We noticed last night that the UNHCR’s numbers were incorrect. We hope to have this rectified by Monday morning. As you know the refugee camps are to close in two months time..or in August (they keep changing their minds!). Thousands of refugees have already been sent back to their countries of origin. The UNHRC have said that they as well as their partners are the only people who are able to assist with Zim refugees seeking asylum. Who are their partners? Does anyone know? What about the other refugees? If you have the answers please email the information to me at barbara.volkwyn@gmail.com. Thx
Molo Cape Town South Africa said,
Wrote on August 5, 2008 @ 23:58
We wrote a special edition of our newsletter that goes out to over 16,000 subscribers each month on a very special realisation that came up although I had zimbabwean friends sleeping at my house who lost everything.
read it; we had an incredible response from people all over the world..!
http://www.capetownmagazine.com/articles/On-the-Move~c7/Xenophobia-in-South-Africa—A-Different-Perspective~1071