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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for stricter enforcement of immigration laws, arguing that illegal migration is placing growing pressure on public services while warning against xenophobia and violence targeting foreign nationals. This story is written and edited by Global South World Speaking during a national address on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said migration could benefit the […]
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The first group of Ghanaian nationals has departed South Africa under a repatriation programme launched amid growing anti-immigration tensions in the country. This story is written and edited by Global South World Around 300 people arrived at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport early Wednesday to board charter flights back to Ghana. Footage showed passengers arriving in buses and immigration vehicles, […]
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This story is written and edited by Global South World In this episode of Global South Conversations, we spoke with Dr Precious Simba, a Zimbabwean lecturer at Stellenbosch University, about her new study on the marginalisation of African academics in South Africa. The research conducted across 26 public universities discovered some striking incidents of discrimination […]
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Foreigners Scapegoated for Country’s Problem South Africa has been grappling with sporadic and sometimes lethal xenophobic harassment and violence against African and Asian foreign nationals living in the country, including refugees, asylum seekers, and both documented and undocumented migrants. On Monday last week, BBC Africa Eye released a documentary, Fear and Loathing in South Africa, […]
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By Jeffrey Moyo Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives. Since the day after he left, Mahamba (53) has been sending money home while Zimbabwe’s economy faltered amidst violent land seizures from commercial white farmers during Zimbabwe’s land reform programme. In […]
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