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VIDEO: Xenophobia in South Africa: Who’s Really Paying the Price?

VIDEO: Xenophobia in South Africa: Who’s Really Paying the Price?

by Ntokozo Yingwana | Jun 24, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy

What happens when a country tries to fix its economy by pushing migrants out? South Africa’s anti-migrant stance is backfiring—tourism cancellations, declining trade, and a damaged reputation are now a reality. ACMS’s senior researchers, Prof. Jo Vearey...
What the migrant labour debate reveals about South Africa’s middle class

What the migrant labour debate reveals about South Africa’s middle class

by Ntokozo Yingwana | Jun 15, 2026 | Front Page, News, Regulation of Law & Policy

By Chante Ho Hip, Eye Witness News As the government cracks down on undocumented migrants, focus shifts to middle-class reliance on cheap labour. The South African government’s proposal to fine employers who hire undocumented migrants has sparked debate about the...
ACMS SEMINAR: The Adversity Grid – Beyond Epistemological Traps

ACMS SEMINAR: The Adversity Grid – Beyond Epistemological Traps

by Ntokozo Yingwana | May 5, 2026 | Events, Front Page, News

Presenter: Tanatswa Chineka Title: The Adversity Grid: Beyond Epistemological Traps in the Gendered Liminality of Unaccompanied Migrant Boys Respondent: Prof. Edmos Mtetwa (Department of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe)  Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2026 Time: 12:30 –...
ACMS SPOTLIGHT: Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

ACMS SPOTLIGHT: Mobilities, Health & Wellbeing team and research

by Jo Vearey | Dec 18, 2025 | News, Front Page, Unhealthy Migration

Today—18 December—we recognise International Migrants Day. In 2000 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established this day in commemoration of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,...
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