{"id":38687,"date":"2026-07-03T10:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38687"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:46:49","slug":"sas-anc-calls-for-africa-wide-migration-policy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-anc-calls-for-africa-wide-migration-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s ANC calls for Africa wide migration policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The African National Congress (ANC), the largest party in South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Government of National Unity, has called for a continent-wide approach to migration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The ANC says law enforcement alone cannot address the issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Speaking in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, the ANC&#8217;s Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, urged the African Union to adopt a migration compact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He argues that conflict, climate change and economic inequality are driving migration across the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22682,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-38687","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"ANC's Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38688,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38687\/revisions\/38688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}