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Wits University, Johannesburg
Joined August 2012
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📰NEWS: Prof. @lorenlandau tells @TimesLIVE how 30 June has passed & left damage: “People are displaced, stuck at borders, stuck in these centres in Durban, people whose property has been looted or destroyed & they need an immediate humanitarian response.” tinyurl.com/49dkrt3h
đź“° NEWS: SA's #antimigrant #protests aren't simply grassroots. As ACMS's Prof. @jovearey told @Independent: "This isn't sort of a grassroots mobilisation, this is something that is a very clearly organised and manipulated space." tinyurl.com/3e3vx7rf #migration #xenophobia
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Prof. Landau (@ACMSWits): "Anti-migrant sentiments are heightened by underlying issues, service delivery, inequality, joblessness. With elections coming, more people are uneasy."
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#SouthAfrica #Migration
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Constitutional Court finds certain Refugee Act provisions unconstitutional, invalid.
news24.com/southafrica/crime…
📰 OP-ED: As SA reflects on recent anti-migrant marches, this @dailymaverick op-ed by ACMS's Prof. @jovearey & Dr @Bexjwalker reminds us that violence is not only what unfolds in the streets—it is also what is built through policy and bureaucracy. tinyurl.com/aj99zfpr #border
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Prof. Loren Landau (@ACMSWits): "These movements have never been spontaneous. They are organised by leaders seeking power."
READ on France24: france24.com/fr/afrique/2026…
#Xenophobia #SouthAfrica
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Tourists cancel trips to SA as xenophobia surges.
Prof. Landau (@ACMSWits): "Removing undocumented migrants is completely impossible. Something dramatic will happen; it could even be violence."
READ via Yle: yle.fi/a/74-20233235
#Xenophobia #SouthAfrica
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Prof. Loren Landau (@ACMSWits) on SmileFM:
"Vigilante groups are extractive movements; they benefit themselves. They've been given attention in the media, at the Union Buildings, & have gained traction in communities."
LISTEN: xenowatch.ac.za/podcast-risi…
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VIDEO: In a recent TV interview with @eNCA, ACMS co-director Professor @jovearey reflected on the ongoing situation involving Malawian nationals sheltering at Sherwood Hall in Durban, and what this tells us about migration governance in S.A.: tinyurl.com/425ecvdk #migrants
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"This fight is for all of us" – ACMS report on movement building for migrant rights in SA. The fight is not for migrants alone, it is for all who are excluded.
Read: xenowatch.ac.za/this-fight-i…
#Xenowatch #SouthAfrica #Xenophobia
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đź“» PODCAST: SA households could be hit with fines of up to R100,000 for employing undocumented foreign nationals. ACMS senior researcher & co-director, Associate Professor @jovearey, discusses this matter on @METROFMSA. Listen here: tinyurl.com/3fhs7e59 #undocumented #migrants
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#Xenowatch cannot document what is not reported.
If you witness or experience xenophobic discrimination, report it through our secure channels:
xenowatch.ac.za/how-to-repor…
#HowToReport
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đź“‘ NEW JOURNAL ARTICLE: ACMS senior researcher and co-director Dr. Jean Pierre Misago recently published this paper titled: 'Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa.' tinyurl.com/bdd4u4xf #xenophobia #violence
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Will the government's new migration strategy work?
Prof. Loren Landau (@ACMSWits) unpacks it with Africa Melane on @CapeTalk:
youtu.be/UZa_QUX0gjY?si=dqOT…
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#Migration #SouthAfrica #Policy
📢INVITE: Join us tomorrow for this public seminar by ACMS postdoctoral fellow Dr Brian Murahwa, on 'Hearing the City: Pentecostalism, Urban Soundscapes and the Politics of Audibility in Johannesburg’s Inner City': tinyurl.com/489umswd #urban #soundscapes #Pentecostalism #city
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South Africa's immigration policy remains a key issue at the intersection of governance, security, economic participation, and human rights.
Dr Rebecca Walker, Senior Research Consultant at the African Centre for Migration & Society (@ACMSWits) at @WitsUniversity, joins @MphoKSithole on #AfricaWorldHour to unpack the implications of President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent remarks and what they signal for the country's policy direction.
#ChannelAfrica #Migration #SouthAfrica #AfricaWorldHour
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Ramaphosa's immigration plan: old policies, new packaging.
Prof. Loren B Landau (@ACMSWits): "It relies on perceptions rather than facts."
READ: pressreader.com/south-africa…
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#Xenophobia #SouthAfrica #Ramaphosa
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Important and timely piece in Social Dynamics by Jean-Pierre Misago @ACMSWits.
"Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
📢REMINDER: Don't forget to join us today for this panel discussion by Prof. Jane Freedman (Université Paris 8) and Dr @Aribanob Tesfai (Independent Researcher) about the Growing Up Across Borders (GRABS) project. tinyurl.com/37h6krs9 @ERC_Research #borders #wellbeing #youth
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Dudula in Alex: born from deprivation, fueled by xenophobia, serving its own interests.
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#Xenowatch #Alexandra #FromDataToAction
