A responsible approach to the migration question must recognise the dignity of migrants and the state’s governance responsibilities

Despite assurances, MPs remain unconvinced that the department has the capacity to manage the project

Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start

This is an extract from the chapter titled Aisha, in which the author travels from Bamako in Mali to Conakry in Guinea

Four hours after our arrival in Lagos, the immigration officials must have felt they had sufficiently flexed their muscles

The Democratic Alliance has presented a plan which it says will ‘secure borders and stop illegal immigration’

Unaccompanied Mozambican teenagers regularly attempt to cross into South Africa

Shady border officials are still subjecting female traders to sexual abuse and debilitating extortion.

The East African Community has been accused of forging trilateral deals that exclude the country.

This is the second in a series of four articles about the cross-border portability of social benefits for migrant workers.

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe says government is intensifying efforts to improve border management to deal with cross-border crime and poaching.

African borders are not just dangerous places to be, they are also staggeringly inefficient.

Poor administration and corruption at the Department of Home Affairs has resulted in thousands of fraudulent passports, the US said in a report.