"The situation in Diepsloot is tense. In what we suspect was xenophobic attacks, a mob threw stones at the police and looted spaza shops"

Johannesburg townships Alexandra and Diepsloot were tense on Thursday morning in the wake of suspected xenophobic attacks that have killed at least two people since the weekend, police said. via Daily News

"We will be intensifying patrols and will be beefing up more man-power, and police will be going throughout Alexandra and ensuring that the situation is stable"

By Phakamisa Ndzamela South African police beefed up patrols in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on Tuesday after a deadly attack that left Zimbabweans and other foreigners fearful for their lives. via The Star

"Absolutely not. Definitely not."

ANC President Jacob Zuma's rights to a fair and speedy trial have been violated with impunity, and the independence and credibility of organs of state have been severely compromised, the ANC Youth League said ... via Sunday Times

"I am sorry...It is not all South Africans that are like this"

ANC NEC member Winnie Madikizela-Mandela visited today the families of those killed in xenophobic attacks in Alexandra. via Sunday Times

"I think she's got the nose right!"

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the global face of the anti-apartheid movement in the 1980s, was in Abraham Lincoln's hometown Tuesday to officially take his place next to that other well-known ... via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A 17-year-old man was shot and a 14-year-old boy was stabbed. Both were admitted to hospital. A 16-year-old woman was grazed by a bullet but she has since been discharged."

Sinister forces are using the recent attacks on foreigners to destabilise the province, the ANC in Gauteng said today. via Sunday Times

"Technology puts children under threat"

While two-thirds of high-school pupils in South Africa's major cities have watched at least one porn movie, the figures for porn are much higher with mediums like the internet and cellphones. via News24.com