by NicholasS | Jul 31, 2026 | Podcasts
Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society) joined Cape Talk’s Africa Melane to discuss the government’s latest update on its Five-Point Plan on Migration Management.”We need to be clear that the briefing...
by NicholasS | Jul 13, 2026 | News, Podcasts
Deportation is a process when an individual is found to be undocumented and not having legal documents that allow them to be in the country, handled by the Department of Home Affairs. Repatriation refers to the process where a citizen is returned to their country of...
by NicholasS | Jul 11, 2026 | News, Podcasts
Reports indicate that Ghana has postponed President Ramaphosa’s planned August visit, the latest diplomatic fallout from South Africa’s ongoing xenophobic violence. The implications are significant: South Africa’s credibility across the continent is under scrutiny....
by NicholasS | Jun 18, 2026 | News, Podcasts, Regulation of Law & Policy, Video
A proposed amendment to South Africa’s employment laws could see ordinary households hit with fines of up to R100,000 for employing undocumented foreign nationals as domestic workers, gardeners or caregivers. Government says the move is necessary to enforce...
by NicholasS | Jun 10, 2026 | News, Podcasts
Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Jo Vearey (African Centre for Migration & Society) about the state’s crackdown on undocumented migration, including fines of up to R1 million for employers hiring undocumented foreign nationals. The question raised: Is this...
by NicholasS | Jun 10, 2026 | News, Podcasts, Video
Dr. Rebecca Walker (African Centre for Migration & Society) joins Smile FM to unpack the intersections between local government elections, rising xenophobic violence, governance failures, and the dangerous normalisation of political endorsements of vigilante...
