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VIDEO: Abahambe Part II – Who Profits from South Africa’s Broken Immigration System?

VIDEO: Abahambe Part II – Who Profits from South Africa’s Broken Immigration System?

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...
OP-ED: Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern

OP-ED: Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern

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...
VIDEO: Pressure Mounts on Undocumented Foreigners

VIDEO: Pressure Mounts on Undocumented Foreigners

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,...
Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa

Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa

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...
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...
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