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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...

CRL ‘self-regulation’ process sparks concerns of state oversight of religion

Concerns are mounting among religious stakeholders over the ongoing Section 22 process led by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights...

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...

South African civil society groups unite against xenophobia

By Dorothy Mabelebele In a strong rejection of xenophobia and the targeting of migrants, a broad coalition of civic organisations, trade unions, faith groups and...

‘Xenophobic’ label silences communities battling poor services, crime and trafficking

By Zingisa Mkhuma South Africans are frequently labelled “xenophobic” or, more recently, “Afrophobic”. Yet many ordinary citizens reject these labels, arguing that they obscure legitimate...

A passport and nationality do not define a Muslim

Mufti Usamah Dockrat warns that calls for South African Muslims to abandon “foreign” Muslims reflect a dangerous nationalism that has no place in Islam....

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