Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis

Posted on Wed 01 July 2026 in South Africa • Tagged with south-africa, xenophobia, migration, unemployment, economic-crisis, social-justice

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Justin Visagie, University of the Witwatersrand and Ruth Castel-Branco, University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa is in the midst of its most significant anti-immigrant mobilisation in years.

The emergence of the March and March movement, calls for the mass deportation of undocumented migrants by 30 …


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Death of a liberation movement: how South Africa’s ANC became just a regular political party – with some help from Jacob Zuma

Posted on Mon 01 July 2024 in South Africa • Tagged with Africa, South Africa, ANC, Jacob Zuma, Ramaphosa, DA, African National Congress, Malema, MK PArty, EFF

By http://www.anc.org.za/sites/default/files/docs/lge-manifestou.pdf, Fair use, Link

Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand

The African National Congress (ANC), the party that’s led South Africa since the first democratic elections in 1994, has long considered itself a “liberation movement” – representing all South …


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