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Africa’s migration challenge cannot be resolved through enforcement alone. Nor can it be addressed through abstract continental declarations disconnected from implementation realities.
AFRICA

From migration pressure to development architecture: Why Africa needs an economic diplomacy framework

At present, most policy responses remain fragmented. Governments focus on border enforcement, documentation systems, policing and short-term political responses. Yet these…

  • Lehlohonolo Gabriel Mambona
5 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.
BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Looking past the SANDF deployment to solve our crime crisis together

It is also clear to many people, following revelations at the Madlanga Commission and corruption scandals in the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, that both the SAPS…

  • Ian Siebörger
8 min read
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has financially backed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Sona. (GCIS)
BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Godongwana financially backs Ramaphosa’s tough talk on crime

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has signalled increased spending on peace and security in his budget speech from R268.2 billion in 2025/26 to R291.2 billion in 2028/29. The…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
2 min read
A moment to reflect: The US is politicising the issue of asylum, but in South Africa some populist politicians do the same. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ASYLUM

SA politicians also weaponise migration

South Africa must rid itself of issues that prevent a fair, rights-based approach to people’s mobility

  • Leleti Maluleke
7 min read
File photo
BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Twenty-three South Africans back home after being held captive in Myanmar

The group were lured to Thailand with false promises of jobs but were later trafficked to Myanmar where they were held for more than four months

  • MG Reporter
2 min read
Tensions were rising on November 7, 2024 in Mozambique’s capital Maputo as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters gathered after the main opposition leader called to demonstrate election results. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA/AFP via Getty Images)
BMA SPOKESPERSON MMEMME MOGOTSI

SA closes Lebombo border again as unrest in Mozambique intensifies

South Africa has called for calm and issued a travel warning for the neighbouring country

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
A truck tows a trailer loaded with goods near the border crossing with Zimbabwe, near Musina, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

Border authority increases staff, hours for festive season influx

The Border Management Authority is expecting the number of people entering and leaving ports of entry to be about six million

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
4 min read
A passenger minivan tows a trailer loaded with goods near the border crossing with Zimbabwe, near Musina, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

A bus trip from Zimbabwe to South Africa is through the belly of corruption

The broken Zimbabwe economy and political system are too much of a push factor for xenophobia and Aaron Motsoaledi to stop people seeking refuge in Mzansi

  • Clayton Moyo
7 min read
For the last decade, the government has been complaining that the country has become a destination of bogus asylum seekers who left their homes in search of economic opportunities. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images)
AU CONVENTION

SA needs to rethink its definition of what constitutes asylum seeking

Eurocentric approach to refugees is not relevant to African situation

  • Callixte Kavuro
7 min read
Unresolved: A number of committee members agreed that until the department was able to overcome its current structural and systematic problems, it would not be ready to implement the authority. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
ANC

Home Affairs vows to speed up Border Management Authority

Despite assurances, MPs remain unconvinced that the department has the capacity to manage the project

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read