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  • READ: Xenophobic Unrest — A Crisis Co-Written by March and March and SA’s political class

    “Politics likes to have a singular villain. Put all SA’s woes on immigrants. But when you look at home, there’s plenty of blame to go around.” – Prof. Loren B Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)) on xenophobic unrest & political complicity. READ the article.[Illustrative image: March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma. (Photo:…

    June 25, 2026

  • READ: South Africa struggles with migrant exodus and economic unrest

    South Africa struggles with migrant exodus & economic unrest. Prof. Jo Vearey (she/her) (African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)): “Migrants are blamed for problems created by policy failures.” READ on Moneyweb.    [Photo Credit: Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp]

    June 22, 2026

  • READ: South Africa’s immigration crackdown divides Johannesburg’s inner city

    “Employers will exploit undocumented labour. It’s rational, #immigrants won’t go to the labour department to complain. It’s not a preference for foreigners. It’s a preference to maximise profits.” Prof. Landau (ACMS) on SA’s immigration crackdown. Read on AlJazeera. [Photo Credit: Yeshiel Panchia/Al Jazeera]  

    June 21, 2026

  • 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.

    June 17, 2026

  • READ: Ram­a­phosa recycles old plans as…

    Ramaphosa’s immigration plan: old policies, new packaging. Prof. Loren Landau (ACMS): “It relies on perceptions rather than facts.” Since 2008, xenophobic violence has claimed 612 lives. The plans keep coming. The violence keeps coming. READ the article.   [Photo Credit: Press Reader/Daily Maverick]

    June 12, 2026

  • READ: Anti-immigration marchers hand over demands as experts dispute unemployment crisis claims

    Migration experts have disputed claims that foreign nationals are responsible for South Africa’s unemployment crisis. Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society, WITS) is clear: “We need to shift the discussion away from immigration entirely. South Africa needs a reboot, better economic policies, a renewed public service, a commitment to the constitutional project.…

    June 8, 2026
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