South Africa: 5 Xenophobic Myths About Immigrants in South Africa Debunked By Researchers

[The Conversation Africa] In South Africa, immigrants are often scapegoated as the root of socio-economic problems. In the post-apartheid landscape, Black African immigrants, mainly, from other African countries have been negatively stereotyped as "illegal" and "job stealers" who are "criminal" as well as "diseased".