Ramaphosa pledges decisive action as SA migration tensions rise

South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged rising tensions over undocumented migration and pledged decisive action, while urging unity and cautioning against turning on each other. He noted that about 450,000 people trying to enter the country without documents were stopped at the border in the last year and conceded past weaknesses in migration management, as xenophobic violence—including attacks that killed five Mozambican nationals in Mossel Bay—highlights the human costs of the issue.