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Making sense of intensifying immigration debates in SA and UK
As immigration debates heat up in South Africa and the United Kingdom, the discovery of undocumented immigrants in South Africa and anti-immigration riots in the UK underscore global challenges in balancing security, economic needs, and humanitarian concerns. Naledi Moleo from Newzroom Afrika talks with Prof. Loren Landau to explore these issues and draw parallels between…
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Discussion on the matter of South African Citizenship with Former Public Protector Professor Thuli Madonsela and Professor Loren
The Patriotic Alliance has announced that they are exploring legal options to investigate Miss South Africa contestant Vanessa Chidimma Onwe Adetshina. This may include seeking a court order to prevent Adetshina from participating in the Miss South Africa Beauty Pageant if necessary. The party’s immediate concern is to verify whether Adetshina is indeed a South…
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Petition to remove Chidimma Adetshina from Miss SA pageant: Prof Loren Landau Weighs In
Professor Loren Landau weighs in on the petition that has gained traction after Adetshina removed Nigerian and Mozambican flags from her TikTok profile, sparking accusations of disloyalty among some South Africans. Landau argues that this issue raises fundamental questions about the legacies of colonial borders and indigeneity in contemporary, multi-cultural societies. Listen to the discussion…
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Xenophobia in South Africa
In this latest Conflict & Development in Africa Podcast by the Centre for African Conflict & Development, Dr. Michael Nwankpa discusses Xenophobia in South Africa with Professor Loren Landau. Watch the full discussion here:
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SABC Discussion on South African Proposed Immigration White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection
The Ministry of Home Affairs has released a new draft bill which will affect foreigners residing in South Africa, known as the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection from the previous year. In this bill, the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, stated that the government is amending the existing law regulating…
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Migration Studies and Migration to African Cities
In this Imiscoe Podcast episode, Silindile Mlilo, project manager of Xenowatch, interviews Loren Landau about his latest research on African cities. Loren talks about how patterns of migration to cities in Africa are distinct from urbanization in other parts of the world. Loren has been researching space regulation and how migrants interact with cities, as…
