VIDEO: The Real Reason South Africans Keep Blaming Foreigners

Jul 20, 2026

Professor Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration & Society, Wits University) joined Politically Aweh to unpack the drivers of xenophobic mobilisation.

His key insight: “Of course there are immigration and asylum laws that need to be enforced. Is the problem that they [migrants] are selling tomatoes? … Operation Dudula stopping immigrants from accessing places of healthcare are breaking Constitutional Law.”

The conversation cuts through the rhetoric to ask: what is really driving the blame, and who benefits? Watch the full discussion:

[Video Credit: Politically Aweh]

Jaclyn Modise

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