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ActionSA, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the uMkhonto weSizwe party (MKP) joined the group March on March in a march through central Durban on 26 March 2026. Photo: Action SA
SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s migration crisis: hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

For decades, Black South Africans and African foreign nationals have built communities together, a historical reality that challenges narratives of inherent xenophobia. However,…

  • Katlego Sesana
6 min read
Epicentre of the crisis: About 10 000 Malawian nationals facing xenophobia elected to be repatriated and gathered at a migration transit camp in Sherwood, Durban since last Sunday. Photos: Lyse Comins
IMMIGRATION

White foreigners arrive; Black Africans ‘flood’

Sandile Memela’s argument begins with a convenient sanitising move. The anti-migrant marches, he argues here (https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026-07-09-the-truth-the-missing-link-…

  • Bhekisisa Mncube
8 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

The truth, the missing link in the parachute journalism drop

This article critically re-examines the role and responsibilities of African media in covering recent protest marches in South Africa. It argues that a 'parachute journalism'…

  • Sandile Memela
8 min read
King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini
SOUTH AFRICA

“Nobody can claim to be pure Zulu, stop this hate", AmaZulu king rein in on his subjects

AmaZulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has strongly condemned calls for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, asserting that the Zulu people share historical and ancestral ties…

  • Sandile Motha
3 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

30 June demonstrations conclude relatively peacefully

Anti-illegal immigration demonstrations across South Africa, including Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town, proceeded largely peacefully, despite fears of violence. A…

  • M&G Reporters
5 min read
KZN CRIME

14-year-old among those arrested as KZN police crack down on criminal acts during anti-ilegal immigration demonstrations

KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested five youths, aged 14 to 27, for allegedly looting a tuckshop in Woody Glen during nationwide protests against unregulated immigration. KZN…

3 min read
Control: A nation must know who enters its borders, who resides in them and under what law. Without order, social instability becomes inevitable. Photo: Department of Home Affairs
SOUTH AFRICA

Resolve the crisis without Afrophobia

Businessman and ANC activist George Dingizulu Moyo, rooted in Alexandra's struggle and with Zimbabwean heritage, reflects on South Africa's immigration crisis. He advocates for…

  • George Dingizulu Moyo
5 min read
Future up in smoke: Our sons are bitter, says the writer. They are emasculated and turn that rage against the girl child. Photo: IOL
SOUTH AFRICA

We ‘re mothers with debt and degrees; women with data, no title deeds

A veteran journalist from the Class of '76 reflects on the disillusionment and frustration felt after 1994, particularly concerning education, social services, and the…

  • Zingisa Mkhuma
8 min read