Browsing TD: 2015 Volume 11 No 4 (Special Edition) by Title
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The impact of xenophobia-Afrophobia on the informal economy in Durban CBD, South Africa
(2015)The renewed incidents of xenophobia, which engulfed South Africa, dented this country’s image, continentally and internationally. These occurrences invoke an unresolved question, thus: Can xenophobic attacks be attributed ... -
International migration: The state-sovereignty-migration nexus
(2015)Commonly, international human migration is blamed for corroding states sovereignty, especially stemming from policy circles, academic literature and citizens of the host countries. This has attracted the attention of the ... -
International movements, post-apartheid dispensations and illegal immigration into South Africa
(2015)Arising from the supposed negative impact of illegal immigration, including security threats as well as recent xenophobic violence, the South African Government would like to counter illegal immigration. To do this, it ... -
Naming and exploring the causes of collective violence against African migrants in post-apartheid South Africa: Whither Ubuntu?
(2015)In South Africa, attacks mainly directed at black non-South Africans, is a rampant, longstanding phenomenon notwithstanding the spirit of Ubuntu which is thought to permeate the social fabric. Assumptions have been made ... -
Scarce skills expatriates in South African universities: Rhetoric and realities of the "Messianic" academics
(2015)This article investigates the reason for the continued scarce skills shortage, despite the recruitment of expatriates in academic institutions as an intervention measure. It argues that while the Human Resources Departments ... -
South Africa’s foreign and migration policies missteps: fuels of xenophobic eruptions?
(2015)South Africa plays a crucial role in the development of the African continent, especially in the South African Development Community. Hence, South Africa’s foreign and migration policies shape the perceptions of both its ... -
Xenophobic attacks on foreign shop owners and street vendors in Louis Trichardt Central Business District, Limpopo Province
(2015)Xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2008 and 2015 sent shockwaves through the country and the world. In these events, around 70 people were killed while thousands were displaced; and, property and products of street ... -
Xenophobic societal attitudes in a "new" South Africanism: Governance of public perceptions, national identities and citizenship
(2015)This article argues that xenophobia is not a natural state of being for any society; instead, it is a product of socialisation which becomes excessive with violent abuses of the outgroup immigrants where such conduct is ...