by Jaclyn Modise | Jul 19, 2026 | Front Page, News
Associate Professor Jo Vearey (Co-Director, African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) tells Xinhua that migrants are being used as scapegoats for South Africa’s persistent challenges, inequality, unemployment, and pressure on public services....
by Jaclyn Modise | Jul 14, 2026 | Front Page, News
Nigeria says two of its citizens have been killed in South Africa amid a surge in xenophobic violence; as attacks and intimidation against foreigners continue to spiral. Prof. Jo Vearey (ACMS at the University of the Witwatersrand): “Even if all foreign nationals were...
by Jaclyn Modise | Jul 14, 2026 | Front Page, News
South Africa’s struggling healthcare system is not caused by undocumented foreign nationals, according to experts. Prof. Jo Vearey (ACMS): “It is not true that immigrants are the cause of SA’s healthcare problem. Blaming migrants for state failures is scapegoating.”...
by Jaclyn Modise | Jul 13, 2026 | Front Page, News
Deportation is a process when an individual is found to be undocumented and not having legal documents that allow them to be in the country, handled by the Department of Home Affairs. Repatriation refers to the process where a citizen is returned to their country of...
by Jaclyn Modise | Jul 11, 2026 | Front Page, News
Reports indicate that Ghana has postponed President Ramaphosa’s planned August visit, the latest diplomatic fallout from South Africa’s ongoing xenophobic violence. The implications are significant: South Africa’s credibility across the continent is under scrutiny....
