MIGRATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, conflicts and identities

352pp., maps, paperback, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), Johannesburg, 2024

ISBN: 9781991274014

Contributions include:

"Mobilities past and mobilities present in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region: An epigrammatic overview" by Chris C. Nshimbi

"Native migrant animosity - aggrieved, not xenophobic: The case of South Africa" by Vusumuzi Gumbi

"Migrants, the politics of belonging and social cohesion in post-apartheid South Africa" by Sifiso Ndlovu

"Gendered dimensions of migration in South Africa: Governance and implications for livelihoods" by David Fadiran and Hammed Amusa

"Rethinking migrant human settlement as an advantage to township dwellers: The case of Soweto" by Malaika Lesego and Samora Mahlatsi

"Securitisation of borders and migration in the context of uneven regional development in Southern Africa" by Innocent Moyo

"Conclusion: Whole-of-route approach to migration" by Eddie M. Rakabe.

Chris Nshimbi is Director of GovInn (centre for the Study of Governance Innovation), SARChI Chair in the Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria.

Eddie Rakabe is a senior researcher for Political Economy at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA).