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Bullying tactics: Operation Dudula members have taken it upon themselves to mount surveillance in public health centres, preventing foreigners from using South African clinics. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Xenophobia, ignorance and civic deficits: Rethinking African attitudes toward migrants in public spaces

The hostility directed at migrants often stems from ignorance of civic rights and scapegoating by politicians wanting to deflect blame from their ineptitude

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
South Africans who lost their citizenship when they acquired the nationality of another country now have it back.

Landmark concourt decision overturns the duel over dual citizenship

The constitutional court found that section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act is unconstitutional as it infringes the right to citizenship and, consequentially, other constitutional rights.

9 min read
A Zimbabwean woman moves through a hole cut in the border fence while illegally crossing from Zimbabwe into South Africa. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Mbeki takes aim at Motsoaledi’s white paper on migration

The former president pointed to several inconsistencies in the paper, and called for it to be improved

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read