Prelims

Bethuel Sibongiseni Ngcamu (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)
Evangelos Mantzaris (Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa)

Addressing Xenophobia in South Africa: Drivers, Responses and Lessons from the Durban Untold Stories

ISBN: 978-1-80262-480-9, eISBN: 978-1-80262-479-3

Publication date: 5 November 2021

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Ngcamu, B.S. and Mantzaris, E. (2021), "Prelims", Addressing Xenophobia in South Africa: Drivers, Responses and Lessons from the Durban Untold Stories, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-vii. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-479-320211011

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Addressing Xenophobia in South Africa

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Addressing Xenophobia in South Africa: Drivers, Responses and Lessons from the Durban Untold Stories

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BETHUEL SIBONGISENI NGCAMU

Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

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EVANGELOS MANTZARIS

Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa

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Contents

List of Abbreviations vi
About the Authors viii
Introduction 1
Chapter One: Localizing and Locating the Hidden Causes of Xenophobia and its Ramifications 5
Chapter Two: Associating Xenophobia with Criminality: Is it a Fallacy? 27
Chapter Three: Xenophobia, Media and the “Forgotten Dimensions” 61
Chapter Four: Media Reporting of the 2015 Xenophobic Attacks in Durban 83
Chapter Five: Biased and Falsified Reporting: The Government’s Perspectives 109
Chapter Six: Inter- and Intra-governmental Response: Unreported Government Response Capabilities 125
Chapter Seven: A Multi-Stakeholder Response on the 2015 Xenophobic Attacks: The Hidden Government Perspectives 145
Chapter Eight: Managing Shelters for the Displaced 165
Chapter Nine: Social Cohesion and Social Justice: Can They Solve Xenophobic Attacks? 187

List of Abbreviations

ANC African National Congress
NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations
NATJOINTS National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure
PROVJOINTS Provincial Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure
ACCORD African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
IDASA Institute for Democracy in South Africa
CSVR Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
SWOP Society Work and Development Institute
CPF Community Police Forum
RDP Reconstruction and Development Programme
SANCO South African National Civil Organisation
SASCO South African Students Congress
SAMP Southern African Migration Programme
ACC African Centre for Cities
GCRO Gauteng City-Region Observatory
IDRC International Development Research Centre.
SAPS South African Police
WHO World Health Organization
UNHRC United Nations Human Rights Commission
UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
SADTU South African Democratic Teachers Union
MEC Member of Executive Council
IFP Inkatha Freedom Party
DMC Disaster Management Centre
KZN KwaZulu-Natal
SRG Special Reference Group
GoTG Gift of the Givers
MSF Médecins Sans Frontières
CAR Central African Republic
COGTA Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
UCT University of Cape Town
SANDF South African National Defence Force
CCGs Clinical Commissioning Group
CBOs Community Based Organisations
POP Public Order Policing
NAP National Action Plan
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

About the Authors

Bethuel Sibongiseni Ngcamu holds two PhDs in Education and Public Management. He started his career as a Geography Teacher in a secondary school and joined the eThekwini Municipality as a Consultant to the City Manager on Research and a Management Advisor where he managed a myriad of projects and conducted change management interventions. He has a vast experience in universities as a manager, consultant and an academic where he has taught and published a number of empirical studies in different disciplines. His specializations include knowledge management, service delivery, performance management, disaster management, organizational development in universities and xenophobia. He has published peer-reviewed journal articles, three book chapters and seven peer-reviewed conference papers. He has won various best researcher awards at different universities.

Evangelos Mantzaris, Professor, completed an Honours in Political Science, Economics and Sociology with distinction at Panteios University, Athens. He completed a Masters in Sociology and a PhD at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa. At present, he is a Retired Professor at the Mangosuthu University of Technology. Since 2012, he is a Senior Researcher and Extraordinary Professor at the Anti-Corruption Centre for Education and Research at the University of Stellenbosch. Before 2012, he was a Research Professor at Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT), a Director of Social Policy Programme at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) and then the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), and a Researcher in the Sociology Department at UDW.

He has published eight full scale books in English and Greek, 30 peer-reviewed chapters in books (with four in press), over 80 journal articles, 12 peer-reviewed International Conference Proceedings, and has presented papers in over 70 national and international conferences.

He has completed 14 National Research Foundation, Human Science Research Council and university funded research reports, and over 30 technical reports for Provincial Government Departments, municipalities and NGOs.

He is a National Research Foundation Rated Researcher.

He has done research and completed reports on stokvels and banking, asset allocation in the stockbroker industry, interest rates and repercussion on the British pound, general and specialized funds, international fund allocation and unit trusts, liquidation and estates in the private sector.