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PODCAST: Is deportation solving the illegal immigration crisis?
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) about South Africa’s growing spending on the repatriation of undocumented foreign nationals. But questions remain: how many return? And is the crackdown actually addressing the drivers of migration? Dr. Walker’s assessment: “A strategy is working when it produces…
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READ: Amnesty Int’l concerned by vigilante intimidation targeting migrants
“The failure of the state to act decisively against these groups has created a dangerous impression that people have the right to violate the rights of others simply because of their nationality or perceived immigration status,” said Amnesty International South Africa‘s Executive Director Shenilla Mohamed. The organisation warns that vigilantism is being normalised, with acts…
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TRAINING: Social Media 4 Peace South Africa Validation Workshop
Migration is an integral part of South Africa’s social and economic landscape, yet migrants and refugees are increasingly targeted by online hate speech, misinformation, and harmful narratives that fuel discrimination, exclusion, and xenophobic violence. Reabetswe Maputla (Research Assistant, Xenowatch, African Centre for Migration & Society) attended the validation workshop for UNESCO’s Social Media 4 Peace…
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PODCAST: More than 68,000 migrants processed under migration plan
Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society) joined Cape Talk’s Africa Melane to discuss the government’s latest update on its Five-Point Plan on Migration Management. “We need to be clear that the briefing given by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration was to give an update on deportations, arrests, but none of…
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Read: South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Unrest Tests Its Pan-African Standing
“My greatest takeaway from the marches is that they are less about immigration and more about the nature of South African politics, and the degree to which it has become captured by people willing to use the language of hate, threats of violence, and actual violence to shape the country’s political future.”, shares Professor Loren…
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Read: From being unemployed to hunting migrants in South Africa: The movement that has turned foreigners into scapegoats
A xenophobic wave, emerging in townships and working-class neighborhoods, has placed immigration at the center of political debate. Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) explains the deeper dynamics: “This isn’t simply a movement against immigration. [There’s] enormous frustration with a state that has spent years failing to address very real…
