South Africa
In 2024, the African National Congress that had governed the country for 30 years, lost its parliamentary majority. While the elections were peaceful, the lead up to the elections was marred by an increase in anti-immigrant hate speech scapegoating foreign nationals for the economic hardships experienced in the country. South Africa is in the top six countries with the highest femicide rates worldwide and sexual violence remains an enduring and endemic nightmare for women in South Africa.
- Refugees and Migrants
The Racial Twist in Trump’s Cutoff of Refugee AdmissionsFebruary 27, 2025
Commentary
Director, Refugee and Migrant Rights DivisionPublished in:Just Security
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Reports
More reports- June 27, 2023 Report
“This Government is Failing Me Too”
South Africa Compounds Legacy of Apartheid for Older People
- July 5, 2022 Report
The Forever Mines
Perpetual Rights Risks from Unrehabilitated Coal Mines in South Africa
- November 24, 2021 Report
South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors
Improve Shelter Funding; Increase Access for Sex Workers, LGBT, Undocumented Survivors
- September 17, 2020 Report
“They Have Robbed Me of My Life”
Xenophobic Violence Against Non-Nationals in South Africa
News
- February 20, 2025 Dispatches
Openly Gay Imam Gunned Down in South Africa
Address Hate Crimes, Conduct Thorough and Speedy Investigation
- January 22, 2025 Dispatches
Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
87 Miners Die in Abandoned Mineshaft
- January 16, 2025 News Release
Southern Africa: Growing Authoritarianism Threatens Rights
Attacks on Civic Space, Media Have Far-Reaching Implications
- November 25, 2024 Dispatches
Confronting South Africa’s Crisis of Gender-Based Violence
Government Needs to Intensify Efforts to End the Violence
- November 20, 2024 Statement
Submission to the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
To Inform the Working Group's Upcoming Report on the Gendered Dimensions of Care and Support Systems
- October 17, 2024 Dispatches
World Bank, IMF are Missing the Mark on Social Security
Case Studies Illustrate Harms from Austerity and Means-Testing Worldwide
- September 18, 2024 Dispatches
South Africa Strengthens the Right to Education
Advancing the Right to Early Education at Home and Abroad
- July 31, 2024 Commentary
Femicide and Reproductive Violence Harm African Women, Girls
- May 6, 2024 News Release
South Africa: Toxic Rhetoric Endangers Migrants
Stop Scapegoating Foreign Nationals Ahead of Elections
- April 13, 2024 Statement
Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Care and Support
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