Social media used to be a source of light entertainment for Nora, a 47-year-old Zimbabwean domestic worker living in South Africa. But lately, it has become a source of fear.
Nora is one of an estimated 180,000 Zimbabweans living in South Africa on Zimbabwean Extension Permits that are set to expire at the end of the year, after the government said last year they would not be renewed again. “These digital spaces act as red flags whenever a xenophobic event is about to happen ... you feel the tone,” said Vincent Chenzi, a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe’s Department of Peace, Security and Society.
Xenophobic violence in South Africa has largely been directed at Malawian, Zimbabwean, Nigerian and Mozambican migrants and refugees in the country since 1994, rights groups say. “South Africans must rise and defend their motherland from these rascals from Zimbabwe,” reads another. Ahead of Kenya’s hotly contested Aug 9 election, researchers have found platforms such as TikTok, Facebook and Twitter are awash with harmful content, including the incitement of violence against ethnic communities.
Meanwhile in Ghana, rights campaigners say they have seen a surge in hate speech against LGBTQ+ people, after a draft law making it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender was introduced in parliament last year.
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