South Africa: Blaming Migrants Ignores the Real Causes of South Africa's Economic Crisis

South Africans Rally to Protect Migrants Amid Xenophobic Protests

Following a wave of anti-migrant protests in South Africa, documented migrants are also becoming targets. TRT World's Thuso Khumalo reports from Johannesburg, where community groups and concerned citizens are working to protect vulnerable foreign nationals, oppose xenophobia and Afrophobia, and ensure immigration laws are enforced without violence.

Femi Otunbanjo: South Africa’s Xenophobia Has Become A Mob Reaction To Socioeconomic Problems

Otunbanjo says South Africans blame foreigners for unemployment, crime and worsening socioeconomic conditions.

The economy of hatred: What the anti-migrant wave tells us about SA’s broken economic model

Decades of economic failure has created genuine desperation, into which an ideological campaign by mainstream economic actors has injected the false idea that we are trapped in a world of scarcity. And into this world political entrepreneurs have inserted the figure of the migrant as the illegitimate queue-jumper. In recent weeks South Africa has experienced [] The post The economy of hatred: What the anti-migrant wave tells us about SA’s broken economic model appeared first on The Namibian.

The migrant scapegoat: Why SA's real crisis isn't foreigners

The migrant scapegoat: Why SA's real crisis isn't foreigners

South Africa Migration Crisis: Wits Expert Unpacks the Link Between Foreign Workers and Unemployment

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng — As the South Africa migration crisis continues to dominate political and economic discourse, the relationship between foreign workers and local joblessness remains a highly contested issue. With the nation’s economic landscape strained by persistently high unemployment, the influx of regional migrants seeking better opportunities has become a volatile touchpoint. However, experts are urging []