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OPINION | The Quiet Exclusion of Care in SA’s New Immigration White Paper

OPINION | The Quiet Exclusion of Care in SA’s New Immigration White Paper

by Jaclyn Modise | May 28, 2026 | News, Op-Ed

By Rebecca Walker, Thea de Gruchy, Sharon Ekambaram and Marlise Richter South Africa’s latest immigration white paper was approved just six weeks after public submissions closed. Collective Voices for Health Access reviewed 18 of those submissions and identified...
VIDEO: Focus on immigration and refugee policy: In conversation with Prof. Jo Vearey

VIDEO: Focus on immigration and refugee policy: In conversation with Prof. Jo Vearey

by Ntokozo Yingwana | May 28, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy

By SABC News South Africa’s approach to migration and refugee policy remains a complex and evolving issue, shaped by questions of sovereignty, human rights, and regional movement across the continent. We now unpack these policies in more detail with Prof. Jo...
VIDEO: Cabinet approves revised immigration white paper

VIDEO: Cabinet approves revised immigration white paper

by Ntokozo Yingwana | Apr 8, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy

This panel discussion was originally aired on Newzroom Afrika, on 4 April 2026. South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the cabinet’s approval of the Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. Cabinet’s...
Two Migration Reforms, One State: Institutional Coherence and the Future of Labour Migration Governance in South Africa

Two Migration Reforms, One State: Institutional Coherence and the Future of Labour Migration Governance in South Africa

by Kabiri Bule | Mar 30, 2026 | Front Page, Blogs, News, Regulation of Law & Policy

By Kabiri N. Bule (PhD) South Africa’s migration system is under growing pressure to change. Administrative weakness, legal uncertainty, unemployment anxiety, and rising political demands for visible control have made reform unavoidable. But the state is not...
Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

Peculiar bedfellows: When Health and Home Affairs turn care into control

by Jo Vearey | Feb 18, 2026 | Front Page, News, Unhealthy Migration

This opinion piece was originally published on Daily Maverick, under the same title, on 16 February 2026. The featured image above was created using ChatGPT. By ACMS Dr. Rebecca Walker and Associate Prof. Jo Vearey A draft policy positions the departments of Health...
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