#South Africa

Ashamed but not stopping: the scapegoating of the migrant worker

South Africa's anti-migrant groups issue deadlines like a parallel state while the elected government watches. The migrant did not break the clinics or steal the jobs. Xenophobia is how a ruling class buys itself an alibi.

4 October 2026 · 3 min read

The Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe (file photo)

International

Driven out by hate, dumped into hardship: Zimbabweans fleeing South Africa find no home to return to

After an activist group set a June 30 deadline for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa, over 160,000 foreign nationals fled. The returnees now face ruined homes, no work, and the same broken economy that drove them out in the first place.

4 October 2026 · 2 min read