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...
by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 5, 2026 | News
South Africa’s worsening xenophobia exposes a broken economic promise. As Afrophobic violence flares ahead of November’s local elections, political leaders are opting for cheap scapegoating over tackling deep structural decline and broken public utilities....
by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 5, 2026 | News
Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society / University of Oxford) on the Trump administration’s policy toward Afrikaners: He suspects it is intended as a message to two distinct audiences. “First, as a snub to South Africa and its...
by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 4, 2026 | News
Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society) shares a nuanced perspective: social media has amplified xenophobic rhetoric from various angles, but we cannot deny that there are legitimate concerns held by South Africans. He notes that even the...
by Jaclyn Modise | Jun 1, 2026 | News
Dr. Rebecca Walker (Research Associate, African Centre for Migration & Society) joins the conversation to share insights on Channel Africa from the recent report “Migrants in South Africa: Myths vs Facts.” The report unpacks common misconceptions,...
