On 20th May 2015 SFONSA hosted a public lecture on xenophobia under the theme; Beyond Xenophobia: Pan-Africanism, Globalization and the Challenges of Migration and Migration Policy in a Post-apartheid South Africa.
The Public Lecture attracted over 200 people from all walks of life, and it was given a broad media coverage before and after the event. The public lecture meant to address the 2015 spate of xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals of African descent, with a view to highlighting the need to look beyond xenophobia as the only challenge facing the South African society and the foreign nationals residing in the Republic. The lecture focused on the challenges of illegal migration and migration policy in a post-apartheid South Africa, in an era of globalization.The guest speakers cut across all the major sectors of the society; from the business community, civil society organizations, academia and the government. These were Honourable Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Fatima Chohan; the Western Cape Premier, Honourable Hellen Zille; Dr. Fanie Du Toit, Exctive director of Institute for justice and Reconcialtion (IJR); Ms Janine Myburgh, President of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Mr. Patrick Kawuma, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
We apologies for the fact that the introductory Speeches are all missing and the quality of the video is not the best.
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