AASU Commemorates Soweto Youth Uprise
In 1953, the then Apartheid Government in South Africa introduced the Bantu Education Act which was designed to train Africans to be fit only in black community or for certain forms of labour...
Tag: Racism in South Africa
S.Africa Struggles As Protests Rage Over Post-Apartheid Failures
The piles of stinking rubbish are growing, running water and electricity are scarce. In Ennerdale, public anger over the failures of post-apartheid South Africa has reached boiling point, exploding...
South African Town Hit By Riots After White Farmers Get Bail
Riots have hit a small town in South Africa after a magistrate granted bail to two white farmers accused of murdering a 16-year-old black boy. Anger erupted in the maize producing town of Coligny,...
Xenophobic Attacks and the Challenges of African Solidarity
The tension between Nigeria and South Africa reached its crescendo last Monday when Nigerian youth occupied the streets of Abuja to register their displeasure over the ceaseless and wanton xenophobic...
Xenophobic Attacks and the Challenges of African Solidarity
By Juliana Agbo and Omonu Yax Nelson The tension between Nigeria and South Africa reached its crescendo yesterday when Nigerian youths occupied the streets of Abuja to register their displeasure over...
Let Peace, Calm Prevail In South Africa.
Reports that at least 18 Ghanaians have been rescued by Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, as xenophobic attacks on immigrants in that country worsen are most alarming, to say the...
Sam George Serves Warning To South African Government
The government of South Africa should realise that if other African countries decide to boycott the products and services of South African companies due to the xenophobic attacks happening in that...
18 Ghanaians Rescued From Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa
Eighteen Ghanaians in Pretoria, South Africa, have been rescued to safety after attacks on immigrants by some locals. Communication from Ghana’s Mission in South Africa said the 18 were rescued...
18 Ghanaians Rescued From Xenophobic Attacks In Pretoria
Eighteen Ghanaians in Pretoria, South Africa, have been rescued to safety after attacks on immigrants by some locals. A communication from Ghana’s Mission in that country, said the 18 were rescued...
AU, UN Must End Barbaric Attacks – Ablakwa
The African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) must intervene to stop the attacks on foreign nationals by South Africans, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu and Ranking...
Provide ‘safe Haven’ For Ghanaians In South Africa – Ablakwa
Ghana’s mission in South Africa has been “very proactive” in its attempt to protect Ghanaians from festering xenophobic attacks in that country, but the mission must also provide “safe...
18 Ghanaians Rescued As SA Xenophobic Attacks Worsen
At least, 18 Ghanaians have been rescued by Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on immigrants there. The attacks resumed early this week with South...
Relocate Pan African Parliament From SA Over Xenophobic Attacks – Muntaka
The Member of Parliament for Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region, Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed has moved a motion for the relocation of the Pan African parliament from South Africa following...
Relocate Pan African Parliament From SA Over Xenophobic Attacks
The Member of Parliament for Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region, Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed has moved a motion for the relocation of the Pan African parliament from South Africa following...
Government Monitoring Xenophobic Situation In South Africa
Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, says the Government is monitoring the xenophobic situation in South Africa and asked Ghanaians business people in that country to stay indoors....
Nelson Mandela and Black History Month
By Joe Kingsley “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of”-Nelson Rolihlahla...
An International Shame and Democratic Setback – Mandela Foundation
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has added its voice to condemnation of recent xenophobic attacks in the country. The called on the government to act fast to curb the situation and for aggrieved parties...
Boycotting South African Products Last Resort – Government
Boycotting South African products will be the last resort by government in response to the threats of xenophobic attacks against Ghanaians and other Africans in South Africa, Foreign Affairs Minister...
Take Advantage of Africa’s Opportunities -Mahama
Former President Mahama has asked Africans to devise the necessary structural reforms that will put the African continent back on the path of growth. Speaking at the African Leadership Magazine (ALM)...
S.African Police Fire Rubber Bullets At Anti-Immigrant March
South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and migrants in Pretoria on Friday at a march against immigration. Shops and homes owned by...