August 27, 2026

Hundreds of migrants detained for 2 months in the Winelands (WCC-AX)

Press statement from the W.Cape Coalition against Xenophobia (WCC-AX) This morning immigration officers in Robertson arrested Lovemore Maporarisa. Lovemore is a local leader of the Zimbabwean […]
July 21, 2026

An Open Letter to the Acting Minister of Police, Mr Firoz Cachalia- Response to Migration

Download the Open letter here: KAAX reiterates that constitutional rights and the rule of law cannot be applied selectively; unlawful conductremains unlawful regardless of whether it […]
July 17, 2026

The Western Cape Coalition Against Xenophobia urges SAPS to stop illegal detentions of Africans migrants and asylum seekers

PRESS RELEASE Extra-judicial detention is a tool of fascism. SAPS has been setting targets per police station forarrests of migrants in W.Cape, and detaining documented migrants. […]
July 4, 2026

KOPANANG AFRICA AGAINST XENOPHOBIA (KAAX) STATEMENT ON THE UNFOLDING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE MALAWI CONSULATE IN JOHANNESBURG

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) is deeply alarmed by the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe unfolding at the Malawi Consulate in Johannesburg and the continued […]
June 22, 2026

State Failure Leaves Hundreds of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers Exposed to Xenophobic Violence, Displacement and Humanitarian Crises

PRESS STATEMENT | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) expresses its profound concern over the escalating humanitarian crises facing migrants, refugees and asylum seekers […]
May 25, 2026

Historical Amnesia and the Erasure of Migrant Labour in South Africa’s Development

In 1884, at the Berlin Conference convened under Otto von Bismarck, European powers partitioned Africa into territorial units that bore little relation to its social, political, […]
May 25, 2026

“Statement of outrage against the weaponisation of xenophobia and the brutal and unlawful treatment of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers”

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT | IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 MAY 2026 “Statement of outrage against the weaponisation of xenophobia and the brutal and unlawful treatment of migrants, including […]
May 20, 2026

JOINT STATEMENT: Civil Organisations condemn the recent wave of xenophobia

JOINT STATEMENT: Equal Education Law Centre, Equal Education, Children’s Institute, SECTION27, Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia, and Lawyers for Human Rights condemn the recent wave of xenophobia