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    South Africa: The answer to xenophobia is a community

    In the aftermath of the xenophobic violence that erupted in South Africa in May, the "reintegration" of displaced people into their communities became a buzz word, but with few concrete ideas how that could be achieved. Paarl, a town in the Western Cape Province's winelands, may have figured out a way.

    In the Western Cape, 5,600 of the 22,000 people run out of their homes by the violence are still living in local community halls or one of the province's five main camps for the displaced, according to Palesa Morudu, spokesperson at the provincial disaster management centre. Although no firm deadline has been set, she says the provincial government would like people out of the shelters by the end of July.

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