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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