Following recent indications in the media from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development that legislation on hate crimes is being developed, CoRMSA has compiled a number of materials to assist policy makers and advocates with this process. CoRMSA’s website now features a specific section for information on hate crimes which includes documents from South [...]
The latest monitoring report from De Doorns is now available. The report indicates that major challenges are still being experienced that are preventing the finalisation of plans to close the site. To view the report, please click here.
Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has promised that harsh action will be taken against those threatening violence against foreign nationals or others in the country. The Minister was speaking in Cape Town after some initial incidents took place in the Western Cape prompting people to seek shelter at police stations in Paarl and Wellington. Initial indications [...]
Police in Gauteng and the Western Cape have provided contact numbers to report outbreaks or realistic threats of xenophobic violence. Please ensure that these numbers are not abused but these can be used to report cases where a person feels there is a real chance of violence breaking out in that area or to report [...]
Western Cape civil society organisations Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, the Black Sash, Sonke Gender Justice and PASSOP have launched a campaign called ‘Unite as One’ aimed at creating a South African society based on tolerance where people live together peacefully. As part of the campaign, the organisations aim to collect one million signatures of [...]
CoRMSA welcomes the statement issued by the Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa on 1st July. Minister Mthethwa, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) that is looking into the threats of xenophobic violence, stated that government ”will not tolerate any threat or act of violence against any individual or sector of society, no matter what reasons are [...]