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...
by Ntokozo Yingwana | Jun 23, 2026 | Front Page, News, Video
In the second instalment of Checkpoint: Abahambe, eNCA examines the political, economic and social forces shaping South Africa’s migration debates amid growing anti-immigrant mobilisation. This episode explores how undocumented migrants often become scapegoats for...
by Jean Pierre Misago | Jun 22, 2026 | Front Page, News, Op-Ed, Regulation of Law & Policy
By Prof. Loren Landau, and Dr. Pierre Misago Marches, Mozambicans murdered, state-sponsored evacuations, a nationally televised presidential address. Anti-immigrant mobilisation has again drawn the world’s attention to South Africa. The continental backlash threatens...
by Jo Vearey | Jun 19, 2026 | Front Page, News, Video
In a recent TV interview with eNCA, migration scholar and ACMS co-director Associate Professor Jo Vearey reflected on the ongoing situation involving Malawian nationals sheltering at Sherwood Hall in Durban, and what this reveals about migration governance,...
by Jean Pierre Misago | Jun 17, 2026 | News, Front Page, Journal Articles
Misago, J. P. (2026). Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa. Social Dynamics, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533952.2026.2678685 Abstract: Drawing on nearly two decades of multi-case and...
