Johannesburg, Aug 23 : South African Xenophobia victims have said they would fear for their lives if they had to return to the communities they had fled.

Most women were concerned about the safety of their children, who were also not at school, said Patrick Chauke, chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs during his visit to a shelter for those displaced by the violence in Midrand.

He said the aim of the visit was to also make the refugees understand the importance of reintegration.

“We do no want to force them back to the communities they had left during the xenophobic attacks,” said Chauke.

He said that if reintegration failed, they would be taken to another area.

South Africa has announced to boycott the Champions Trophy. The cricket tournament is coming in Pakistan next month. The decision in this regard is taken at the meeting of Cricket South Africa, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat and ICC security officials. South Africa is a first country to officially boycott the tournament.

New Delhi, Aug 20 : Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni and her South African counterpart Pallo Jordan recently signed the programme of cooperation in the fields of arts and culture. 

The signing was held during Soni''s recent visit to South Africa at the invitation of Jordan to attend the centenary celebrations of historic protest march led by Mahatma Gandhi.

During her four-day visit, Soni discussed bilateral cooperation as well as trilateral cooperation under IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) relating to arts and culture with Jordan.

Johannesburg - Thousands of South Africans demonstrated in cities throughout the country Wednesday as a nationwide strike over the rising cost of living got under way.

The Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has called on its around 2 million members to stay away from work and join demonstrations in cities around the country.

Commuters were left stranded in Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg and other cities as the minibus taxis that transport the masses ground to a halt in response to the strike call.

Schools in some places were also closed.

Car manufacturing was expected to be particularly affected by the strike.

Tokyo - Toyota Motor Corp was

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Hundreds of supporters of the leader of South Africa's ruling party, Jacob Zuma, braved cold and wet conditions to show their support for the 66-year-old presidential hopeful ahead of a court hearing to decide the validity of corruption charges against him.

The gathering Sunday night came ahead of Zuma's appeal Monday to the High Court in the southern city of Pietermaritzburg to set aside the prosecution of the African National Congress (ANC) leader on charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering in a state arms deal.

He is to argue that the state did not allow him to make representations about the charges against him before indicting him.