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OPINION: Xenophobia in South Africa’s Ivory Towers – Adekeye Adebajo
A new Business Day opinion piece by Professor and Senior Researcher (University of Pretoria) Dr Adekeye Adebajo examines the wave of Afrophobia that swept through South Africa’s higher education sector in 2026, and the troubling hostility directed at foreign academics. The article cites data from Wits University’s African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), which…
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25 years since the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Today, ACMS’s Reabetswe Maputla (Research Assistant, Xenowatch) joined the commemoration dialogue in Pretoria. The DDPA remains a landmark framework for confronting racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. But discussions on migration, recent xenophobic attacks, digital technologies, and persistent socio-economic inequalities reminded us that these issues are interconnected. Addressing economic insecurity must remain central to…
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Government steps up immigration controls as migration tensions rise
“Their messaging is not firm enough.” Prof. Jo Vearey (Associate Professor & Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) on the IMC’s response: “Home Affairs dysfunction is why people wait years for documentation. Enforcement alone won’t fix this.” Available here. [Credit: eNCA]
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WATCH: Will foreign workers leave South Africa? I Inside story
Anti-migrant protests have continued for months, with another deadline set for 30 September. Thousands of foreign workers already left earlier this year after anti-immigrant groups issued an ultimatum. As protests turn violent, the question remains: how will the government respond? Professor Jo Vearey (Associate Professor and Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University)…
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RECAP: Migration and Health Data Webinar – Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way Forward
The Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence on Migration and Health (CoRE-MH) brought together experts from across the globe for a webinar on the current status quo of migration and health data in Africa and Europe. Migration and health are closely interlinked, yet there is no standardised mechanism to collect data on the health of refugees…
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RECAP: Beyond #Abahambe – Implications for South Africa
On 3 September, CPUT and the UWC School of Government, in collaboration with SAAPAM Western Cape Chapter, hosted a panel conversation exploring how local governance is responding to contemporary social tensions, from xenophobic mobilisation to the erosion of trust in state institutions. Key insights from the panel: Dr. Rebecca Walker (ACMS, Wits) Dr. Walker’s study…
