Antisemitism on the rise in SA, with 80 incidents in six weeks - SA Jewish Board of Deputies

Antisemitism in South Africa has "increased nearly tenfold" and is being "fuelled by inflammatory rhetoric by some in political leadership", according to the SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).

The organisation said there were as many as 80 incidents in six weeks, and compared the surge in antisemitic sentiment to campaigns by "local Nazi-supporting white groupings" in the 1930s.

SAJDB associate director David Saks said conflict in the Middle East often resulted in "sharp spikes in levels of antisemitic activity around the world" and that South Africa was no exception.