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READ: Anti-immigration marchers hand over demands as experts dispute unemployment crisis claims
Migration experts have disputed claims that foreign nationals are responsible for South Africa’s unemployment crisis. Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society, WITS) is clear: “We need to shift the discussion away from immigration entirely. South Africa needs a reboot, better economic policies, a renewed public service, a commitment to the constitutional project.…
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OPINION | Oldest trick in the book: Ramaphosa uses migrants to dodge 32 years of failure
Last night, President Ramaphosa devoted a prime-time national address to immigration and xenophobia. Last night, he once again misled. “Faced with the consequences of their own failures, governments point outward, toward a scapegoat, a vilified other. Nigel Farage. Donald Trump. D.F. Malan. Idi Amin. Ramaphosa is in good company.” Read the full response from Prof…
