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PODCAST: Xenophobia, Policy Changes & Governance

PODCAST: Xenophobia, Policy Changes & Governance

by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 10, 2026 | Front Page, News

Dr. Rebecca Walker (African Centre for Migration & Society) joins Smile FM to unpack the intersections between local government elections, rising xenophobic violence, governance failures, and the dangerous normalisation of political endorsements of vigilante...
PODCAST: Ramaphosa speaks out against xenophobia

PODCAST: Ramaphosa speaks out against xenophobia

by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 10, 2026 | News, Front Page

Dr. Rebecca Walker, Research Associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society, spoke to John Maytham about the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last night to address illegal migration. Her assessment: “We expected the president to say...
OPINION | Oldest trick in the book: Ramaphosa uses migrants to dodge 32 years of failure

OPINION | Oldest trick in the book: Ramaphosa uses migrants to dodge 32 years of failure

by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 8, 2026 | News

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...
READ: Professor Loren Landau Critiques State’s Role in Linking Immigration to South Africa’s Social Issues

READ: Professor Loren Landau Critiques State’s Role in Linking Immigration to South Africa’s Social Issues

by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 5, 2026 | News

Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society) critiques the state’s role in linking immigration to South Africa’s social issues. “The state is now complicit in naturalising the association between immigration and social ills:...
ARTICLE: Kraaifontein vendors fear for their lives, want to leave SA after 700-pupil looting spree

ARTICLE: Kraaifontein vendors fear for their lives, want to leave SA after 700-pupil looting spree

by Jaclyn Modise | May 29, 2026 | News

Professor Jo Vearey, Associate Professor and Co-Director at the African Centre for Migration & Society, has described the Kraaifontein looting incident,  where an estimated 700 pupils targeted foreign-owned shops, as “shocking.” [Photo Credit: Storm...
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