Tag / Xenophobia
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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.…
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VIDEO: New Wave of Xenophobic Discrimination on Foreign Nationals in South Africa
Dr. Michael Nwankpa (Director, CACD) hosts Professor Loren Landau (Senior Researcher, African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand) for a discussion on the new wave of xenophobic discrimination on foreign nationals in South Africa. They explore the drivers behind recurring violence, the role of political rhetoric, and what meaningful accountability and prevention…
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Kraaifontein Vendors Fear for their Lives, want to Leave SA after 700-pupil Looting Spree
Kraaifontein vendors fear for their lives after 700-pupil looting spree. Prof. Jo Vearey: “We’re seeing such prevalent & normalised language around scapegoating foreign nationals… now coming together as group behaviour.” READ the article here.
