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WATCH: Prof. Loren Landau’s Keynote highlights – “Apartheid of Uncertainty”
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…
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PODCAST: Deportation of foreigners has worsened SA’s socio-economic situation
The South African government’s strategy to address migration has not reduced pressures on services. Instead, it has further burned regional relationships, all at a cost of R292 million. Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) questions the effectiveness of the costly repatriation drive: “The removal of foreign nationals through…
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PODCAST: Is deportation solving the illegal immigration crisis?
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) about South Africa’s growing spending on the repatriation of undocumented foreign nationals. But questions remain: how many return? And is the crackdown actually addressing the drivers of migration? Dr. Walker’s assessment: “A strategy is working when it produces…
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READ: Amnesty Int’l concerned by vigilante intimidation targeting migrants
“The failure of the state to act decisively against these groups has created a dangerous impression that people have the right to violate the rights of others simply because of their nationality or perceived immigration status,” said Amnesty International South Africa‘s Executive Director Shenilla Mohamed. The organisation warns that vigilantism is being normalised, with acts…
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TRAINING: Social Media 4 Peace South Africa Validation Workshop
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…
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PODCAST: More than 68,000 migrants processed under migration plan
Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society) joined Cape Talk’s Africa Melane to discuss the government’s latest update on its Five-Point Plan on Migration Management. “We need to be clear that the briefing given by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration was to give an update on deportations, arrests, but none of…
