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WORKSHOP: Movement Building
Validation Workshop on Strategic Engagements for Migrant Rights Key stakeholders, including civil society organisations and representatives from migrant and refugee-led organisations, convened at the Sunnyside Park Hotel in Johannesburg for the Validation Workshop on Strategic Engagements on Movement Building for Migrant Rights in South Africa. The workshop served as a critical platform for dialogue, collaboration,…
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WATCH: Blaming Immigrants won’t Fix SA’s Problems
Blaming immigrants won’t fix SA’s problems. Prof. Loren Landau (Senior Migration Researcher) warns of rising rightwing nationalism. Watch the interview here. Background: Prof. Loren Landau, Senior Migration Researcher, says it’s worrying that immigrants are still being blamed for a number of failings in South Africa. On 25 March 2025, scores of protesters marched in…
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Strengthening Strategic Engagement and Movement Building for Migrant Rights in South & Southern Africa
Migration and xenophobia remain central issues in SA’s public discourse, particularly in the lead up to the 2024 national elections where they became key rallying points. This brief draws from a research project (‘Strengthening Strategic Engagement and Movement Building for Migrant Rights in South & Southern Africa’) that aims to investigate the viability of movement…
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Outsider Resentment, Public Disengagement and other Factors Affecting Social Cohesion and Collective Violence in Orange Farm
This report presents findings of research conducted by the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) in Orange Farm, City of Johannesburg in April, and October 2022. Conducted as part of -and for- the Kagisano programme, this research builds on -and updates- an original study conducted in the same area in 2017. The 2017 study…
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Policy decision-making pandering to political populism? the non-renewal of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPS) by South Africa
This policy brief discusses the issue of the non-renewal of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) and contends that the decision taken by the DHA was a populist move that failed to address the well-being of those affected. Furthermore, the policy brief advances the views of civil society organisations and others who have urged the state…
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Panel Discussion: The Implications of Xenophobic Violence for Trade & Transformation
Wits University’s African Centre for Migration & Society and the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab held a hybrid panel discussion reflecting on the meaning and implications of xenophobic violence for South Africa’s economic and political future.
