By Christopher Clark, GroundUp Aisha Ali Noor, 29, sits on the bed in her dimly lit, first-floor apartment on Durban Road in the Port Elizabeth suburb of Korsten. It is 7:30 am, and outside her window the road is already alive with activity as shop owners and traders load their bakkies with stock from the numerous Somali wholesalers that line both sides of the street. "I'm afraid all the time," Noor tells GroundUp via a translator. "I don't go out anymore unless I have to. I'm worried I … [Read more...] about Silent war on Somalis in Port Elizabeth
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You should hang your heads in SHAME
Today I came across a video on YouTube posted on 2 June 2013 purporting to show Port Elizabeth schoolchildren stoning a Somalian man in Booysens Park last week on Thursday. I am too shocked to put it up on MyPE. See my Tweet: https://twitter.com/MyPE/status/341446988451160064 The link to the video on YouTube is in the tweet above - it is just sick and shocking. In fact I still cannot believe that such sickening acts of xenophobic violence can happen in our city. No, strike that … [Read more...] about You should hang your heads in SHAME
Somali Community Pledge R270 000 worth of Support to Motherwell Residents on Chronic Medication
The South African Somali Community will help poor people taking chronic medication in three Nelson Mandela Bay clinics get much needed food. Approximately 1000 people taking medication in Well's Estate Clinic, Thanduxolo Clinic in NU10 and the Motherwell Healthcare Centre in NU4B will benefit from the initiative. The patients will get a meal each day before taking their medication for the next six months at a total cost of R15 000 per clinic per month. The initiative starting later this … [Read more...] about Somali Community Pledge R270 000 worth of Support to Motherwell Residents on Chronic Medication
