Tag / Xenophobia
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READ: Four ways disinformation about migration is circulating in South Africa
Africa Check examines four key disinformation trends circulating in South Africa, and how to spot them. False information on social media and messaging apps is adding to tension and lending support to xenophobic discourse. Xenowatch continues to document xenophobic discrimination across South Africa: 2026 (January–June): 23 verified incidents of xenophobic discrimination 100 people displaced 2…
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ARTICLE: Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern
NEW ARTICLE: “Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern” Prof. Loren Landau & Dr. Jean-Pierre Misago (ACMS) on why sovereignty is being lost; not at borders, but in cities & townships. READ here.
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Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa
For years, social cohesion has been championed as a remedy for violence and division. But what happens when the very bonds that unite communities also mobilise them against outsiders? This new publication by Dr Jean-Pierre Misago (ACMS) draws on nearly two decades of multi-case qualitative research across South Africa, this article challenges the conventional wisdom.…
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READ: Professor Loren Landau Critiques State’s Role in Linking Immigration to South Africa’s Social Issues
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: water, crime, unemployment, insecurity,” Landau told Briefly News. He explains that because the government has effectively endorsed the core messages…
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South Africa’s Worsening Xenophobia Exposes a Broken Economic Promise
South Africa’s worsening xenophobia exposes a broken economic promise. As Afrophobic violence flares ahead of November’s local elections, political leaders are opting for cheap scapegoating over tackling deep structural decline and broken public utilities. Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society / Xenowatch) explains why now: “Inequality, unemployment and crime remain high or…
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VIDEO: Xenophobia in South Africa: Is There a Hidden Hand Stirring the Chaos?
Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society) shares a nuanced perspective: social media has amplified xenophobic rhetoric from various angles, but we cannot deny that there are legitimate concerns held by South Africans. He notes that even the President’s Budget Vote and Freedom Day speeches, while condemning xenophobic violence, also recognised those concerns.…
