Denying SA is Xenophobic: Sounds like Trump’s Maga

by | May 29, 2026 | News

Xenophobic violence is not spontaneous. Xenowatch data shows it has been orchestrated by leaders to further their own interests, driving foreign populations out of communities for political or economic gain. Featured in the Mail & Guardian is Xenowatch, a project...

Who Gets to Belong? The Quiet Exclusion of Care in South Africa’s New Immigration White Paper

by NicholasS | May 28, 2026 | News, Podcasts

John Maytham speaks to Dr Rebecca Walker from the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University about concerns that South Africa’s revised immigration white paper could deepen exclusion and undermine access to healthcare, on the Afternoon Drive. [This...

OPINION | The Quiet Exclusion of Care in SA’s New Immigration White Paper

by | May 28, 2026 | News, Op-Ed

By Rebecca Walker, Thea de Gruchy, Sharon Ekambaram and Marlise Richter South Africa’s latest immigration white paper was approved just six weeks after public submissions closed. Collective Voices for Health Access reviewed 18 of those submissions and identified...

Focus on immigration and refugee policy: In conversation with Prof. Jo Vearey

by NicholasS | May 28, 2026 | News, Regulation of Law & Policy, Video

By SABC News South Africa’s approach to migration and refugee policy remains a complex and evolving issue, shaped by questions of sovereignty, human rights, and regional movement across the continent. We now unpack these policies in more detail with Prof. Jo...

Cabinet approves revised immigration white paper

by NicholasS | Apr 8, 2026 | News, Regulation of Law & Policy, Video

This panel discussion was originally aired on Newzroom Afrika, on 4 April 2026. South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the cabinet’s approval of the Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. Cabinet’s...