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When migrant-owned shops close, South Africans lose jobs

By Mxolisi Ncube As shop shutters rise across Johannesburg each morning, thousands of South Africans head to work in migrant-owned businesses. They serve customers, guard...

Is a third force fuelling South Africa’s unrest?

South Africa’s anti-migrant unrest is no longer only about borders, jobs or undocumented migration. It is increasingly becoming a test of whether the country...

58,000 Zimbabweans return home amid South Africa’s migrant crackdown

More than 58,700 Zimbabweans have returned home from South Africa as authorities intensify action against undocumented migrants, according to the Zimbabwean government. The Office of...

Nigeria seeks compensation from South Africa over repatriated citizens

Nigeria says it will seek compensation from South Africa for citizens who left the country following recent anti-migrant protests targeting undocumented foreign nationals. Nigerian officials...

Push factors behind migration to South Africa extend far beyond its borders

As South Africa’s immigration debate continues to dominate public discourse, Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena, Secretary of the African Diaspora Forum (ADF), says meaningful solutions require...

Expelling migrant traders could turn Johannesburg into a ‘ghost town’ again

By Mxolisi Ncube There was a time when Johannesburg’s inner city appeared to be dying on its feet. By the early 1990s, many businesses had abandoned...

Immigration debate exposes divisions within South Africa’s Muslim community

By Neelam Rahim The nationwide anti-immigration protests on June 30 have exposed growing divisions within South Africa’s Muslim community, with religious organisations, scholars and community...

Asylum Seekers trapped in SA Home Affairs ‘living nightmare’

A Muslim asylum seeker from Côte d’Ivoire who tried to update his documentation says he has become trapped in what he describes as an...

African against African: Anti-migrant politics echoes apartheid and economic ruin

By Abdullah Aadam South Africa’s anti-migrant movement promises jobs and prosperity. Abdullah Aadam argues it offers neither, and instead risks repeating economic failures, apartheid-era thinking...

Thousands march in Johannesburg as anti-migrant protests spread across South Africa

Thousands of anti-migration protesters took to the streets of Johannesburg on Tuesday, with similar demonstrations taking place in Durban, Cape Town, Limpopo and the...

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