April 24
Africa: Ants Face Worsening Survival Crisis As Planet Heats Up - Adapt, Migrate or Die
Among the longest-living insects, the ant population could be threatened as extreme heat sweeps across the globe due to the deepening climate crisis. Read more »
March 11
South Africa: Former Helen Suzman Foundation Chief Granted Court Order to Halt Cyberbully After ZEP Challenges
After the Helen Suzman Foundation challenged the government on the scrapping of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits, its former executive Nicole Fritz was granted a protection order by a… Read more »
November 13, 2023
South Africa: When It Comes to Immigration, Honestly, We Can Do This
It's difficult to distinguish between a political refugee and an economic refugee and, in the modern era, this distinction is critical. Read more »
November 12, 2023
South Africa: Motsoaledi Proposes Temporary Exit From UN Refugee Convention and Overhaul of Immigration Regimen
South Africa should withdraw from the United Nations refugee protection regimen -- and re-enter with exceptions on refugee rights. That's because courts have established… Read more »
September 12, 2023
South Africa: ActionSA Will Take 'Middle Ground' On Immigration, Says Mashaba
Herman Mashaba says extremists within ActionSA have lost their bid to get the party to take a hard line on immigration policy. Read more »
August 20, 2023
South Africa: Wholesale Review of Immigration Regimen May See South Africa (Temporarily) Exit UN Convention On Refugees
South Africa could drop out from the United Nations refugee convention, while also repealing its domestic refugee, immigration and citizenship laws in efforts to 'reshape the… Read more »
February 10, 2023
South Africa: Operation Dudula Threat to Remove Migrant Children From Schools Sparks Warning From Activists
Amid a reported campaign by the anti-foreigner group to remove migrant pupils from Diepsloot schools, an Equal Education researcher and an attorney with the Equal Education Law… Read more »
July 03, 2022
South Africa: Migrants and the World of Work - Exposing the 'Job Stealing' Lies of the Xenophobes
Ever since the eruption of widespread xenophobic violence in 2008, the widely deployed claim that "foreign nationals are taking our jobs" is now accepted as fact by many. But… Read more »
June 29, 2022
South Africa: Western Cape Extortions and Brutal Kidnappings Prompt Foreign Nationals to Pack Up and Go Home
Kidnappings and extortion targeting Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Chinese and Somali nationals are rife in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Blue Downs, Samora Machel and Mfuleni… Read more »
May 25, 2022
South Africa: Protesters Demand Action Against Xenophobia in Picket At Joburg SAHRC Offices
Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia held a picket at the South African Human Rights Commission offices in Braamfontein, Johannesburg on Wednesday -- Africa Day. Read more »