Anti-Migrant Sentiment in South Africa

On the 21st June Yeoville Market went up in flames in a suspected xenophobic attack. Since the xenophobic attacks of 2008 which claimed the lives of 62 people there have been sporadic attacks on foreigners and foreign owned shops in South Africa. Out of the 62 people who were killed in 2008,21 were South Africans though the attacks were motivated by xenophobia. Xenophobia does not only affect foreigners it affects society as a whole. The announcement by the Minister of Home Affairs to terminate the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) will put many permit holders in a compromising position. South Africa has its own problems which were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The unemployment rate in SA stands at 34.5%. The lived reality of the majority of South Africans in townships and informal settlements is a daily struggle of poverty and deprivation.  

Join us to discuss these issues and suggested proposals to deal with anti-migrant sentiment.


We look forward to your company!


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  • Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

    Webinar Host

  • Tawanda Matema

    Tawanda Matema is a Project Manager at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) working on the European Union Migration Project implemented by the Democracy Development Programme. He is a PhD Candidate in International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand. As a former (2020) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Scholar, Tawanda has worked at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) as a research scholar from 2020 to 2021. Tawanda’s areas of research are in conflict resolution, peace and security, Southern African development, particularly in the areas of migration, poverty alleviation through agricultural development and food security, improving healthcare and 4IR where he has also published on. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Zimbabwe an Honours degree in Development Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and a MA in Development Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.

  • Busi Ntini

    Busi Ntini is a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in the VaxuMzansi Project of the South African Council of Churches. She was the lead facilitator for the Anti-Xenophobia Program of the SACC from 2016-2021. Prior to this she was responsible for monitoring and evaluaton of the Global Fund program of SACC. Busi holds a Diploma in Early Childhood Development. She is an ETDP-SETA accredited Assessor, Moderator and Evaluator of Learning Programs.

  • Lily Hlope

    Lily is an accomplished academic scholar who is currently a PhD candidate in Sociology, at the University of KwaZulu Natal. Her achievements include a Master’s degree in Sociology and two Honours degrees, in General Psychology and Psychological Counselling, to name just a few. Having been trained by the University of Wits, the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the University of Los Angeles (UCLA), she is a skilled researcher, with over 7 years’ experience in research in the social sciences. Moreover, she is passionate about skills development and rural and township-based research with the aim of developing custom-made interventions, for the betterment of the lives of the residents of these areas. Lily is a member of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) and she is also an ETDP-SETA-accredited Skills Development Facilitator and Assessor.

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