{"id":59940,"date":"2026-06-08T10:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ramaphosa-vows-migrant-crackdown-amid-rising-xenophobia\/08\/06\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:04:44","slug":"ramaphosa-vows-migrant-crackdown-amid-rising-xenophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ramaphosa-vows-migrant-crackdown-amid-rising-xenophobia\/08\/06\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa vows migrant crackdown amid rising xenophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Cyril Ramaphosa announced plans to crack down on undocumented migrants in an attempt to appease public anger after weeks of xenophobic violence. Yet his remarks came just days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/world\/articles\/pretoria-sends-envoys-across-africa-133530669.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:he sent envoys across Africa to patch up strained diplomatic ties;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;he sent envoys across Africa to patch up strained diplomatic ties&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he sent envoys across Africa to patch up strained diplomatic ties<\/a> over the attacks on foreigners, pointing to his tricky balancing act between domestic politics and foreign relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a televised speech, Ramaphosa said Pretoria was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepresidency.gov.za\/address-president-cyril-ramaphosa-migration-union-buildings-tshwane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:finalizing plans to limit foreign workers;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;finalizing plans to limit foreign workers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">finalizing plans to limit foreign workers<\/a> and expand labour inspections. He also pledged prosecutions for corrupt officials who enabled illegal hiring. South Africa \u2014 ranked by the World Bank as the most unequal society with unemployment stuck at 33% \u2014 has been hit by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/world\/articles\/pretoria-sends-envoys-across-africa-133530669.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:xenophobic violence;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;xenophobic violence&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">xenophobic violence<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/world\/articles\/violence-against-migrants-south-africa-123739225.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:deadly attacks;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;deadly attacks&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">deadly attacks <\/a>on Mozambicans. The unrest has prompted evacuations by the governments of Ghana, Nigeria and Malawi. Such flare-ups are recurrent in South Africa, erupting in waves since 2008, and researchers warn that political parties and self-appointed community leaders are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecontinent.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:weaponizing anti-immigrant sentiment;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;weaponizing anti-immigrant sentiment&quot;}\" class=\"link \">weaponizing anti-immigrant sentiment<\/a> to capture votes ahead of November local elections. Ramaphosa accused these groups of exploiting migration anxieties to sow division through lawlessness and violence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A chart showing a survey about South Africans\u2019 views on immigration.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/author\/tiisetso-motsoeneng\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Tiisetso Motsoeneng;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tiisetso Motsoeneng&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tiisetso Motsoeneng<\/a><\/span><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/world\/articles\/ramaphosa-vows-migrant-crackdown-amid-134407224.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa announced plans to crack down on undocumented migrants in an attempt to appease public anger after weeks of xenophobic<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ramaphosa-vows-migrant-crackdown-amid-rising-xenophobia\/08\/06\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/OZKfYSyunJIMV9o2BukOdg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/semafor_310\/302b59ac980e9627997dfb8aae6e0c7f","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}