South Africa News News South Africa » People: ‘Leave or return in a coffin’: The threat driving migrants out of South Africa
For months, anti-migrant rhetoric had been building across South Africa. Then it reached Kaunga Nyirenda’s doorstep.
News South Africa » People: Inside Trump’s scramble to get White South Africans to the US as refugees
Weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump announced that nearly all refugees admitted to the United States would be White South Africans, radically reshaping a decades-long program that had ...
News South Africa » People: Why immigrants are leaving South Africa and the country is on edge ahead of a June 30 'deadline'
Thousands of African immigrants are leaving South Africa because of a rise in anti-migration anger that sparked attacks against foreigners.
News South Africa » People: Over 900 Arrested During South African Anti-Migrant Protests. Here's What to Know
Nationwide protests on Tuesday marked a "deadline" organizers set for undocumented immigrants to leave the country.
News South Africa » People: South Africa says over 900 arrested during nationwide anti-migrant protests
Thousands have fled South Africa, fearing they will be attacked or killed, after an anti-immigrant movement set a “deadline” for them to leave the country.
News South Africa » People: Why some people flee to South Africa — and the rights refugees actually have
We look into the complex realities of those fleeing to South Africa, distinguishing between migrants and refugees, and uncover the legal rights that protect them.
News South Africa » People: European colonizers altered the genetic ancestry of Indigenous peoples in South Africa, study reveals
A genomic analysis of over 1,200 people from across South Africa reveals how colonial-era European, Indigenous Khoe-San peoples, and enslaved people contributed to the modern-day gene pool in South ...
News South Africa » People: The hope of 2010 is returning for South Africa. Their fans are all Bafana Bafana again at last
As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a ...
News South Africa » People: Deportation flight to return 42 people to South Africa cost about €24,000 per passenger
The State paid more than €1 million for a single deportation flight when returning 42 adults and children from Ireland to South Africa in June. Figures supplied by the Department of Justice to the ...