Blaming foreigners for poor social services is ‘scapegoating’

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.”...

Xenophobia, Policy Changes & Governance

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...

Ramaphosa speaks out against xenophobia

by NicholasS | Jun 10, 2026 | News, Podcasts

Dr. Rebecca Walker, Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society, spoke to John Maytham about the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last night to address illegal migration. Her assessment: “We expected the president to say...

OPINION | Oldest trick in the book: Ramaphosa uses migrants to dodge 32 years of failure

by | Jun 8, 2026 | News

Last night, President Ramaphosa devoted a prime-time national address to immigration and xenophobia. Last night, he once again misled. “Faced with the consequences of their own failures, governments point outward, toward a scapegoat, a vilified other. Nigel...

Professor Loren Landau Critiques State’s Role in Linking Immigration to South Africa’s Social Issues

by | Jun 5, 2026 | News

Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society) critiques the state’s role in linking immigration to South Africa’s social issues. “The state is now complicit in naturalising the association between immigration and social ills:...