Introduction to Special Issue: Evaluating South African Immigration Policy after Apartheid

@article{Crush2001IntroductionTS,
  title={Introduction to Special Issue: Evaluating South African Immigration Policy after Apartheid},
  author={Jonathan Crush and David A. McDonald},
  journal={Africa Today},
  year={2001},
  volume={48},
  pages={1 - 13},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:153723806}
}
Apartheid-era immigration laws remain in force in South Africa. The will to change is considerable but the whole transformation process has been constantly bedeviled by the complexity of the issues and political tensions between the ruling ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party. 
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