Living with xenophobia: Zimbabwean informal enterprise in South Africa
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Date
2017
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Southern African Migration Programme
Abstract
South Africa�s crisis of xenophobia is defined by the discrimination and intolerance to which migrants are exposed on a daily basis. A major target of the country�s extreme xenophobia � defined as a heightened form of xenophobia in which hostility and opposition to those perceived as outsiders and foreigners is expressed through violent acts � is the businesses run by migrants and refugees in the informal sector. Attitudinal surveys clearly show that South Africans differentiate migrants by national origin and that Zimbabweans are amongst the most disliked. Zimbabweans are certainly not the only small-business owners to have become victims of extreme xenophobia.
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Xenophobia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Informal enterprise, Discrimination
Citation
Crush, J. et al. (2017). Living with Xenophobia: Zimbabwean informal enterprise in South Africa. Cape Town: Southern African Migration Programme. doi:10.2307/j.ctvh8r19b