[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The recent xenophobic attacks and its reverberating effect on the entire South African landscape raised a plethora of safety and security issues,… Continue reading Communication, language and collective compassion
Tag: xenophobia
Call to stand as sons of God against racism and xenophobia, and for revival
All those who attended the KMMC received prophetic words from the speakers regarding the future of South Africa and were urged to go forward after the conference and face the world as sons of God and His light in the world standing against racism and xenophobia. “This was a strong theme that emerged from the… Continue reading Call to stand as sons of God against racism and xenophobia, and for revival
Songs that reflect God’s heart for foreigners in our land
[notice]Songwriter and student of worship trends, Hugh Wetmore, says that while feeling deeply stirred by the xenophobia crisis in South Africa “I found a message rising in my spirit around some songs I’d written a while back”. He shares the message in this special edition of his monthly column[/notice] The Lord God does not tolerate… Continue reading Songs that reflect God’s heart for foreigners in our land
South Africans turning out in numbers to protest against xenophobia
South Africans in their tens of thousands have turned out to support anti xenophobia marches and events around the country this week and South Africa’s Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgob has urged one million South Africans to join an anti xenophobia march in Pretoria tomorrow (Friday, April 24). Some 30 000 people marched through central Johannesburg… Continue reading South Africans turning out in numbers to protest against xenophobia
Xenophobia — it’s about human beings like us
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Leviticus 19: 33-35: 33 When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the… Continue reading Xenophobia — it’s about human beings like us
Time to consider our moral state
This week I was standing at a queue in an ABSA branch in Walmer, Port Elizabeth and I overheard a lady client telling a teller that she wished that xenophobic attacks would break out in her community so that she would have an opportunity to loot whatever she wanted from shops owned by foreign nationals.… Continue reading Time to consider our moral state
WATCH: Video Of the Week: April 23, 2015 — SA Christian artists release song against xenophobia
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] South African Christian recording artists Neville D, Judith Sephuma and Patrick Duncan have collaborated to produce a song and music video in response to xenophobia attacks: appropriately… Continue reading WATCH: Video Of the Week: April 23, 2015 — SA Christian artists release song against xenophobia
‘I Am Africa’ invites you to take action on xenophobia
I Am Africa, a civil society movement by ordinary Africans to break the silence against Xenophobia and to initiate real action for people affected” invites South Africans to participate in a number of activities it is planning. Activities include marches from April 20 to 25, a poster campaign and a hotline initiative, says the I Am… Continue reading ‘I Am Africa’ invites you to take action on xenophobia
Youth prayer meeting at Newlands Rugby Stadium “can restore peace in SA”
The Youth Transformation Africa (YTA) prayer meeting at Newlands Rugby Stadium on April 27 can restore pace in South Africa and become a vehicle for transformation of the youth on the continent, says Kyle Driver, the visionary of the event on Freedom Day. He says the #YTAUNITE prayer event was organised as a response to… Continue reading Youth prayer meeting at Newlands Rugby Stadium “can restore peace in SA”
Thousands join peace march against Xenophobia in Durban
An estimated 10 000 people participated in a peace march in Durban today to protest against xenopobic attacks that have claimed at least six lives over the past fortnight and left scores injured, foreigners’ shops looted and some 2 000 displaced foreigners sheltering in temporary camps around Durban. The wave of xenophobia — the worst since… Continue reading Thousands join peace march against Xenophobia in Durban