Migration Tensions Test Pretoria’s African Ambitions

President Ramaphosa’s migration speech gets the diagnosis right: The real test is whether South Africa has the system to deliver – The Mail & Guardian

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s national address on migration might well be remembered as one of the most consequential interventions on the issue since the advent of democracy. Not because it introduced a radically new policy position. Not because it settled the highly emotional public debate around migration. But because it acknowledged something many South Africans have been saying for years: migration is no longer merely a border management issu…

Migration tensions test Pretoria’s African ambitions

Less than a week after President Cyril Ramaphosa and Kenyan President William Ruto stood at the Union Buildings promoting trade, investment and African integration, South Africa is sending envoys across the continent to explain its migration crackdown. The diplomatic effort follows Ramaphosa’s address to the nation on Sunday, in which he announced a raft of measures aimed at tackling illegal immigration, including immigration courts, intensified…

SACP statement on the President's address on migration | South African Communist Party (SACP)

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