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News14 July 2026
Nigeria says two citizens killed in South Africa amid rise in xenophobic violence
Nigeria says two of its citizens have been killed in South Africa amid a surge in xenophobic violence; as attacks…
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News14 July 2026
Blaming foreigners for poor social services is ‘scapegoating’
South Africa’s struggling healthcare system is not caused by undocumented foreign nationals, according to experts. Prof. Jo Vearey (ACMS): “It is…
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News10 July 2026
South Africa faces growing African backlash over xenophobia, expert warns
South Africas growing wave of anti-migrant sentiment is no longer just a domestic issue—it is increasingly shaping how the country…
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News26 June 2026
South Africa struggles with migrant exodus and economic unrest
By Sthembile Cele, Bloomberg, Moneyweb ‘We had to run here because we were being chased away,’ she said of the…
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Op-Ed22 June 2026
OP-ED: Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern
By Prof. Loren Landau, and Dr. Pierre Misago Marches, Mozambicans murdered, state-sponsored evacuations, a nationally televised presidential address. Anti-immigrant mobilisation has again drawn…
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News12 June 2026
Ramaphosa recycles old plans as…
Ramaphosa recycles old plans on immigration. Under pressure from anti-foreigner groups, he announced measures, but activists and researchers are concerned.…
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News12 June 2026
R100,000 fine warning for anyone employing a domestic worker in South Africa
R100,000 fine warning for anyone employing a domestic worker without legal work status in South Africa. Recently gazetted laws will…
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Video10 June 2026
Migration row rattles South Africa amid rising anti-migrant protests
Anti-migrant protesters marched outside Johannesburg, underscoring rising tensions over immigration in South Africa. Some vigilante groups have told undocumented foreigners…
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News8 June 2026
Anti-immigration marchers hand over demands as experts dispute unemployment crisis claims
Migration experts have disputed claims that foreign nationals are responsible for South Africas unemployment crisis. Professor Loren Landau (African Centre…
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News8 June 2026
OPINION | Oldest trick in the book: Ramaphosa uses migrants to dodge 32 years of failure
Last night, President Ramaphosa devoted a prime-time national address to immigration and xenophobia. Last night, he once again misled. Faced…
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News29 May 2026
Denying SA is Xenophobic: Sounds like Trump’s Maga
Xenophobic violence is not spontaneous. Xenowatch data shows it has been orchestrated by leaders to further their own interests, driving…
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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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Op-Ed28 May 2026
OPINION | The Quiet Exclusion of Care in SA’s New Immigration White Paper
By Rebecca Walker, Thea de Gruchy, Sharon Ekambaram and Marlise Richter South Africas latest immigration white paper was approved just…
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Video28 May 2026
Focus on immigration and refugee policy: In conversation with Prof. Jo Vearey
By SABC News South Africas approach to migration and refugee policy remains a complex and evolving issue, shaped by questions…
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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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Video18 December 2025
Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research
Today—18 December—we recognise International Migrants Day. In 2000 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established this day in commemoration of…
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Video17 November 2025
‘No free lunch’: Mashaba vows for productive prisons under ActionSA rule
This news article, along with the featured images and embedded video interview, was originally published by The Star, under the…
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Podcasts15 August 2025
Can migrants be denied healthcare? Here’s what the law says
This post has been adapted from an interview originally aired on Talk Radio 702, on 12 August 2025. The featured…
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Podcasts7 August 2025
Lesotho concerned about ‘xenophobic-like’ treatment of its citizens in SA
This post has been adapted from a podcast originally aired on SAfm radio, on 4 August 2025. The featured image…
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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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