by | Jul 19, 2026 | Front Page, News
Associate Professor Jo Vearey (Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) tells Xinhua that migrants are being used as scapegoats for South Africa’s persistent challenges, inequality, unemployment, and pressure on public services....
by | Jul 14, 2026 | Front Page, News
Nigeria says two of its citizens have been killed in South Africa amid a surge in xenophobic violence; as attacks and intimidation against foreigners continue to spiral. Prof. Jo Vearey (ACMS at the University of the Witwatersrand): “Even if all foreign nationals were...
by | Jul 14, 2026 | Front Page, News
South Africa’s struggling healthcare system is not caused by undocumented foreign nationals, according to experts. Prof. Jo Vearey (ACMS): “It is not true that immigrants are the cause of SA’s healthcare problem. Blaming migrants for state failures is scapegoating.”...
by | Jul 10, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy
South Africa’s growing wave of anti-migrant sentiment is no longer just a domestic issue—it is increasingly shaping how the country is viewed across the African continent. Recent attacks, protests, and the displacement of foreign nationals have prompted concern...
by | Jul 8, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy
The passing of the 30 June deadline for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa may have marked the end of a highly charged political moment, but for thousands of people affected by anti-migrant mobilisation, the consequences remain painfully real. South African...
by | Jun 26, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy
By S’thembile Cele, Bloomberg, Moneyweb ‘We had to run here because we were being chased away,’ she said of the camp. ‘They said foreigners must go back to where they come from. We don’t have the money to go back to Malawi.’ When a vehicle carrying donated...
