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Headlines have faded, but the challenges of xenophobic discrimination remain. You are cordially invited to a Community Dialogue on Xenophobia, hosted by the Siyafuna Sonke Action Campaign. As SADC debates regional immigration policy, Professor Loren Landau and Koketso Moeti will explore what this means for how the country is governed, and the prospects for fighting…

“Several Gauteng townships, where formal governance structures are losing credibility, have been increasingly replaced by informal governance groups, and in some instances, by gang authorities.” shares Dr. Jean-Pierre Misago (Senior Researcher and Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society) at the Governing Gauteng Colloquium. This is not a statement about crime. It is a statement…

At the Apartheid After South Africa: Legacies, Logics, and New Frontiers conference (29 July 2026), Professor Loren Landau delivered a powerful keynote exploring how uncertainty is reshaping divisions in our world. Key excerpts from his address: “What does collective action and membership look like when there are few clear pathways to a better future and…

Migration is an integral part of South Africa’s social and economic landscape, yet migrants and refugees are increasingly targeted by online hate speech, misinformation, and harmful narratives that fuel discrimination, exclusion, and xenophobic violence. Reabetswe Maputla (Research Assistant, Xenowatch, African Centre for Migration & Society) attended the validation workshop for UNESCO’s Social Media 4 Peace…

Dr Jean Pierre Misago (Senior Researcher and Co-Director, ACMS) observed at the University Johannesburg‘s CICLASS conference on xenophobia (26–27 March 2026), that xenophobic discrimination is rising despite years of intervention, driven by governance failures, restrictive migration laws, and a political economy that rewards exclusion. He called for a shift from changing attitudes to protecting rights…

Senior Research and Co-Director at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), Dr Jean Pierre Misago’s seminar on 25 March 2026 explored the complex link between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa. Presenting his research on presented his research, “Exclusionary Cohesion? Rethinking the Nexus between Social Cohesion and Xenophobic Violence in South…