22 arrested for xenophobic attacks in De Doorns
By Kim Saulse
20 November 2009
22 people were arrested in De Doorns today in connection with xenophobic attacks earlier this week.
Some 2 000 foreigners were forced from their homes when locals accused them of stealing their jobs and threatened to attack their families.
A local labour analyst believes the employment of foreign labourers fuels xenophobic attacks.
Cape Labour and Industrial Consultants’ Bernard Reisner said foreigners were often prepared to be exploited because they were desperate for jobs.
He said foreigners don’t complain about labour law and the minimum wage.
Meanwhile the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has sent a senior Home Affairs delegation to De Doorns in the Western Cape, where a number of Zimbabweans were forced out of their homes earlier in the week.
The delegation is being led by Deputy Director-General Jackie McKay.
Its main task is to assist those immigrants who lost their documentation during the protests this week.
20 November 2009
22 people were arrested in De Doorns today in connection with xenophobic attacks earlier this week.
Some 2 000 foreigners were forced from their homes when locals accused them of stealing their jobs and threatened to attack their families.
A local labour analyst believes the employment of foreign labourers fuels xenophobic attacks.
Cape Labour and Industrial Consultants’ Bernard Reisner said foreigners were often prepared to be exploited because they were desperate for jobs.
He said foreigners don’t complain about labour law and the minimum wage.
Meanwhile the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has sent a senior Home Affairs delegation to De Doorns in the Western Cape, where a number of Zimbabweans were forced out of their homes earlier in the week.
The delegation is being led by Deputy Director-General Jackie McKay.
Its main task is to assist those immigrants who lost their documentation during the protests this week.
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