dc.contributor.author | Mothibi, K A | |
dc.contributor.author | Roelofse, C J | |
dc.contributor.author | Tshivhase, T | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-29T06:54:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-29T06:54:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mothibi, K.A. et al. 2015. Xenophobic attacks on foreign shop owners and street vendors in Louis Trichardt Central Business District, Limpopo Province. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 11(4):151-162, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1817-4434 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/16462 | |
dc.description.abstract | Xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2008 and 2015 sent shockwaves through the
country and the world. In these events, around 70 people were killed while thousands
were displaced; and, property and products of street vendors and shop owners were
destroyed. This phenomenological research project is confined to Louis Trichardt in
Limpopo Province wherefrom a cohort of foreign street vendors and shop owners were
interviewed. The lived experiences of being verbally and physically abused as well as of
some acquaintances being killed, has clearly left them traumatised and living in fear. The
article finds that contributory factors to xenophobic attacks experienced by foreign shop
owners and street vendors range from competition over scarce resources, stereotypes and
inter-group anxiety. Finally, it offers some recommendations about education for South
Africans and measured police action. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v11i4.51 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Xenophobia | en_US |
dc.subject | Immigrants | en_US |
dc.subject | Street vendors | en_US |
dc.subject | Violence | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | Xenophobic attacks on foreign shop owners and street vendors in Louis Trichardt Central Business District, Limpopo Province | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |