Western Cape police information says chances of xenophobic violence outbreaks are low

By Lelethu Mquqo
10 July 2010

The Western Cape government citing police information says chances of a rumoured breakout of xenophobic violence after the World Cup are low.

Local government department head Hildegarde Fast said the South African Police Force in the Western Cape had said that no incidences of xenophobia had been reported since and the province had gone on high alert after the months-old rumour intensified in recent weeks.

This statement comes after reports of thousands of foreign nationals fleeing the province in fear of their lives.

Meanwhile the Cape Town Refugee Centre together with the community of Site C in Khayelitsha have organised a rally in the Blue Hall to try and prevent any chances of xenophobic violence outbreaks in the area. Co-ordinator of ICT centre in Khayelitsha Thembinkosi Qondela says they have learnt from the 2008 attacks that these threats are real and can happen again if nothing is done to prevent them.