Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

The Anti-Immigration Movement in South Africa
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
17 Jul 2026
🖨️ Print Article

What is behind this South African movement that drives immigrants out of the country? We are joined by Nairobi-based political writer and strategist Clinton Nzala, who provides analysis of the history of immigrant labor in South Africa, the political expediency that feeds this conflict, the influence of external actors, and the need for African nations to achieve true self-determination and economic independence.

South Africa
xenophobia
anti-immigration
Colonialism
Self-Determination
ANC

Related Podcasts

Isaac Saney
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The Canadian and U.S. Partnership in Settler Colonialism, Enslavement, and Imperialism
16 October 2026
Isaac Saney is a Cuba and Black Studies specialist and historian at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 17, 2026
17 July 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss the Supreme Court ruling that ends Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants.
End colonialism
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
African Descendants and Just Transition in the Climate Crisis
24 April 2026
The first International Conference to Phase Out Fossil Fuels takes place i

More Stories


  • Getting to Freedom City
    Robin D.G. Kelly
    Getting to Freedom City
    14 Oct 2020
    In the 1960s LA communities of color prioritized a radical tradition of care and the transformative power of art and politics.
  • We Can’t Be Free Until We Fully Abolish Slavery
    Michele Bratcher Goodwin
    We Can’t Be Free Until We Fully Abolish Slavery
    14 Oct 2020
    Through a loophole in the 13th Amendment, governments and corporations profit from cheap, incarcerated labor.
  • Letters from Our Readers
    Jason Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
    Letters from Our Readers
    14 Oct 2020
    This week corporate funded NGOs, liberal sympathy for Trump, and Russophobia in progressive organizations were on your minds.
  • BAR Book Forum: Maureen Mahon’s “Black Diamond Queens”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Maureen Mahon’s “Black Diamond Queens”
    14 Oct 2020
    The standard version of rock and roll history does not allot much space at all to the discussion of African American women.
  • Health Justice and Black Liberation: Dána-Ain Davis
    Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent 
    Health Justice and Black Liberation: Dána-Ain Davis
    14 Oct 2020
    We can disentangle care from capitalism by increasing community-generated and community-led models of caring.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us