This article focuses on xenophobia in the South African labour market and the effect it can and does have on foreign employees. In contrast to current scholarship that portrays xenophobia in South Africa as a consequence of anti-immigrant sentiments and stereotypes that stem from social, political, economic and cultural misconceptions, this paper argues that the causes of xenophobia are much more complex than that. In addition to those misconceptions, it is argued, xenophobia in South Africa may well have its genesis in the pre-1994 apartheid and colonialism era which sought to impose segregation and instill hatred between and among black people. The main argument in the paper, however, is that the South African legal framework and its implementation do not go far enough in addressing the problem of xenophobia in the workplace. As a result, the rights of foreign employees are negatively impacted and not sufficiently protected. To underscore this point, the paper undertakes a discussion on the legal framework and the pertinent human rights implications of xenophobia in the South African labour market before making some recommendations on what can be done to protect the rights of foreign employees better and reduce or prevent xenophobic attacks against them.

本文重点介绍南非劳动力市场中的仇外心理及其对外国雇员的影响。与当前学者描述南非仇外心理是由于来自社会，政治，经济和文化误解的反移民情绪和陈规定型观念而形成的学术研究相反，本文认为仇外心理的原因要复杂得多。有人认为，除了这些误解之外，南非的仇外心理很可能起源于1994年以前的种族隔离和殖民主义时代，该时代试图在黑人之间和种族之间实行隔离和灌输仇恨。然而，本文的主要论点是，南非法律框架及其实施在解决工作场所中的仇外心理问题上还远远不够。因此，外籍员工的权利受到负面影响，没有得到充分的保护。为了强调这一点，本文就仇外心理在南非劳动力市场中的法律框架和相关的人权影响进行了讨论，然后就可以采取哪些措施来更好地保护外国雇员的权利以及减少或防止仇外心理提出了一些建议。攻击他们。