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Video6 July 2026
OP-ED: The other violence: While South Africa watched the marches, the state built a camp
By Prof. Jo Vearey and Dr Rebecca Walker, Daily Maverick We are watching a de facto refugee camp form under…
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Podcasts28 May 2026
Who Gets to Belong? The Quiet Exclusion of Care in South Africa’s New Immigration White Paper
John Maytham speaks to Dr Rebecca Walker from the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University about concerns…
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Video8 April 2026
Cabinet approves revised immigration white paper
This panel discussion was originally aired on Newzroom Afrika, on 4 April 2026. South Africas Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon…
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News30 March 2026
Two Migration Reforms, One State: Institutional Coherence and the Future of Labour Migration Governance in South Africa
By Kabiri N. Bule (PhD) South Africa’s migration system is under growing pressure to change. Administrative weakness, legal uncertainty, unemployment…
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News18 February 2026
Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control
This opinion piece was originally published on Daily Maverick, under the same title, on 16 February 2026. The featured image…
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News28 January 2026
Socio-Spatial Transformations research theme and team
The Second International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) 2026 will be taking place in New York, from 5 to 8 May 2026. As the primary…
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Video22 October 2024
Democracy Excludes the Foreigner?
Africa Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) senior researcher Dr Catherine Musuva shares her insights on immigration, borders, democracy, citizenship,…
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