Ramaphosa to outline new migration plan amid protests

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation to outline a new government strategy for managing migration, officials announced, as protests targeting undocumented foreign nationals spread across several provinces. The address, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Sunday from the Union Buildings in Pretoria, follows Cabinet's approval of a comprehensive national plan.

The planned presidential statement comes amid escalating tensions and demonstrations in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape. A central group in the protests, March and March, has called for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa by June 30, a deadline that has heightened anxieties. Some foreign nationals have already departed the country, with Ghana initiating a voluntary repatriation program last month that saw 295 citizens return home.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed that Cabinet approved the new approach, developed by an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration, along with a National Action Plan. She stated that the president would provide the detailed measures, which are the result of coordinated work across multiple government departments. Ntshavheni also issued a firm warning...