# Chef uses food to combat xenophobia in South Africa — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:semafor)  published 2026-10-26 13:26 ingested 2026-10-27 02:56

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Swazi chef Sanza Sandile is using food to combat anti-migrant sentiment in South Africa. His Yeoville Dinner Club, found on the main street of the immigrant-rich inner Johannesburg neighborhood, is now in its 10th year.
The menus for the family-style meals unapologetically embrace the cultures and cuisines from across the continent and beyond, challenging the xenophobia stoked by some politicians, which has resulted in many migrant-owned restaurants seeing trade plummet.
Sandile, whose mother fled the apartheid regime, and who was raised partly by an uncle who took part in the armed struggle against the white-minority government, has spent years gathering recipes from around the world, believing food can invoke memory and inspire integration.
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