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Economic Digest 57 – Godongwana’s Firm Grip on the Purse Strings by Kenny Pasensie

In modern democratic governments, the second most powerful person after the president is often the finance minister. Proving the point, Minister Enoch Godongwana has, over the last few weeks, demonstrated that he is no pushover in exercising his authority over the national fiscus. His decision to withhold equitable share payments to 69 municipalities drew widespread […]

Refugee Digest 102 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson

Over the past couple of months the eyes of the country were firmly fixed on the issues around the threatened expulsion of undocumented foreign nationals, along with fearmongering and intimidation amongst all foreign nationals, irrespective of status, and the isolated but not unplanned campaigns of targeted violence. Refugee Digest 102 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced […]

TUESDAY 21ST and WEDNESDAY 22nd JULY 2026 | TRAINING WORKSHOP: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN MOBILITY

  Please JOIN CPLO and SIHMA’s upcoming TRAINING WORKSHOP on UNDERSTANDING HUMAN MOBILITY, taking place over 2 days on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd July  2026 from 09h00 – 16h00. See the invitation attached. DATE: 21 -22 July 2026  TIME: 09h00 to 16h00 each day. VENUE: ST JOHN’s RCC – MAITLAND CATHOLIC CHURCH, – Click this link for directions: https://tinyurl.com/4cwmhzxz    […]

Refugee Digest 101 – Migrants, Refugees and Displaced Persons by Peter-John Pearson

Over the past few weeks, as the South African government has sought to show that it has a handle on the surge in xenophobic activities and issues relating to immigration, it has drawn attention to its record in the deportation of undocumented foreigners, as well as its efforts in repatriation programmes. Refugee Digest 101 – […]

Family Digest 73 –Substance Abuse Among the Youth by Lois Law

Substance abuse among the youth in South Africa is a severe and growing public health crisis, with the country having some of the highest alcohol and drug consumption rates in the Southern African region. The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, cautioned young people against the growing […]

Briefing Paper 654 – Youth Day 50 Years On by Lois Law

The 16th of June 2026 marked 50 years since the Soweto uprising, when thousands of school children took to the streets to protest the imposition of Afrikaans as a compulsory medium of instruction under the apartheid government’s system of Bantu Education, and were met with bullets. The deep-seated cause was the Bantu Education Act of […]

Response – 9th July 2026 – A Step in the Right Direction by Peter-John Pearson

Amidst the ongoing xenophobic actions, the strengthening of exclusionary and populist narratives, and the heartrending realities of repatriation, a recent judgement of the Constitutional Court1 provides a step forward in securing a measure of justice around the vexed question of the exclusion of asylum seekers from accessing documentation necessary for them to stay in the […]