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PRESS RELEASE: Xenophobic Discrimination is a Regular Reality in South Africa
Xenophobic discrimination in South Africa is not a series of isolated incidents, it is a regular, ongoing reality. 406 verified incidents recorded between 2022 and 2025. 151 in 2025 alone. PRESS RELEASE AVAILABLE HERE.
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EXPLAINER: What Is Xenowatch?
What is Xenowatch? An open-source system tracking xenophobic discrimination in SA via WhatsApp, email and call. We verify, record and analyse incidents to enable early warning and accountability. Prof. Loren Landau (ACMS) explained this on Channel Africa. Listen HERE.
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BLAMED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA?
NEWS – This morning on Radio 702, Prof. Loren B Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)) addressed the widespread tendency to blame immigrants for South Africa’s unemployment crisis. He explained that the challenges South Africans face, such as unemployment and housing shortages, are not caused by foreign nationals. Rather, politicians who have failed…
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INTERVIEW: Immigration Challenges and Xenophobic Discrimination in South Africa.
Tune in to eNCA tonight (28.04.2026) as Prof. Loren Landau from the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) joins Abigail Visagie to discuss immigration challenges and xenophobic discrimination in South Africa.
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International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Addressing and Eradicating Xenophobia in the Southern African Region
Dr Jean Pierre Misago (Senior Researcher and Co-Director, ACMS) observed at the University Johannesburg‘s CICLASS conference on xenophobia (26–27 March 2026), that xenophobic discrimination is rising despite years of intervention, driven by governance failures, restrictive migration laws, and a political economy that rewards exclusion. He called for a shift from changing attitudes to protecting rights…
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Exclusionary Cohesion? Rethinking the Nexus between Social Cohesion and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa
Senior Research and Co-Director at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), Dr Jean Pierre Misago’s seminar on 25 March 2026 explored the complex link between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa. Presenting his research on presented his research, “Exclusionary Cohesion? Rethinking the Nexus between Social Cohesion and Xenophobic Violence in South…
