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  • White Paper on Immigration will Prevent Undocumented Persons to Access Healthcare

    The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)‘s Dr Rebecca Walker on SAFm speaking on the Immigration White Paper which government wants to introduce in regard to healthcare. LISTEN HERE.  

  • South African Civil Society Cautions over Revised White Paper

    Civil society organisations are raising alarm over South Africa’s revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection, warning it could further marginalise undocumented migrants and restrict access to essential services like healthcare. LISTEN HERE.

  • Who Gets to Belong? The Quiet Exclusion of Care in South Africa’s New Immigration White Paper

    John Maytham speaks to Rebecca Walker from the African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University about concerns that South Africa’s revised immigration white paper could deepen exclusion and undermine access to healthcare. Listen HERE.

  • Focus on Immigration and Refugee Policy

    WATCH: As civic groups call for urgent government intervention on undocumented immigration, Professor Jo Vearey (ACMS WITS) warns of what she describes as a troubling erosion of refugee rights. A significant perspective on balancing migration governance with the protection of those seeking safety. Watch the full interview on SABC News.  

  • ‘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…

  • 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.

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