Johannesburg — Fearing a resurgence of xenophobic attacks, around 2,500 Zimbabwean migrants have taken refuge in government buildings in De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South ...

Entering the Hex River Valley on Thursday morning was a surreal experience. Following Cosatu's well publicised statement on Wednesday, I had expected that most farmworkers would already be in the ...

Days before another wave of xenophobia started in November last year, rumours were flying that South Africans no longer wanted foreigners to live in the townships around picturesque De Doorns in the ...

An SABC car was stoned by striking farmworkers in De Doorns in the Western Cape, the public broadcaster reports. SABC radio news reported that its team was interviewing striking workers at Stofland ...

He is in his late 30s and has been living in the De Doorns Stofland informal settlement for five years with his wife and two children. Since he lost his job, he has been worried about feeding them. At ...

A South African police van weaves through rocks and trash used to barricade the streets of Stofland, as its three occupants monitor a truce brokered with residents of the shantytown after days of ...

Farmworkers continued protests in the Western Cape and burned tyres on Wednesday morning while police fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd. Residents set tyres alight in the De Doorns informal ...