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Activists go door-to-door to counter xenophobia in Yeoville

“Yeoville has become a hotspot for these xenophobes. They are instilling fear in immigrants”

Activists from the Siyafana Sonke Campaign picketed outside the Yeoville Clinic on Saturday. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro

Vigilante groups have been regularly targeting immigrant street traders, shops, salons, and also the local clinic in Yeoville.
Earlier this year Kopanag Africa Against Xenophobia and its partners obtained a court order instructing the clinic to assist immigrants with valid documents. But access is again being denied, say activists.
In response, the Siyafana Sonke Campaign, made up of various civil society groups, picketed outside the Yeoville Clinic and called for an end to xenophobic violence.

Alida Mpombo, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has lived with her family in Yeoville, Johannesburg, since 2009, where she runs a second-hand clothing shop with her husband…

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