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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.
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Ghana Repatriates 300 Citizens from SA
Ghana’s repatriation of nearly 300 citizens from SA is “an unprecedented political rebuke,” says Prof. Loren B Landau. “This is a sort of unprecedented moment”; another African government stepping in to remove its citizens from a democratic state amid anti-immigrant tensions. Read the article on Mail & Guardian.
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Ghanaians Flee SA as Fear of Xenophobic Violence Grows
Fearing xenophobic violence, nearly 300 Ghanaians return home from South Africa on government-organised flights, highlighting growing tensions and disputes over their legal status. The African Centre’s for Migration & Society (ACMS)‘s Prof Loren Landau shares his thoughts on the Daily Maverick. READ the article.
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OPINION | The Quiet Exclusion of Care in SA’s New Immigration White Paper
OPINION: “The quiet exclusion of care in SA’s new immigration white paper.” New policy shifts risk institutionalising barriers to healthcare not just for migrants, but for all South Africans. READ on News24.
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‘South Africa First’ Hits the Streets
Xenowatch data lays bare the scale of xenophobic discrimination in South Africa. Between 2022 and 2024, we recorded 255 incidents, including 57 deaths, over 6,000 people displaced, and more than 800 shops looted. In 2024 alone, 59 incidents were documented. Professor Loren Landau (Wits University) warns that the rise of civilian-led immigration checks signals a…
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Who Belongs in Joburg?
Who belongs in Joburg? Marches against ‘illegal immigration’ and inner-city clean-up operations are feeding a wider debate about migration, poverty and exclusion. Prof Landau on Sunday Times, READ.
