Zaheera Jinnah is an anthropologist and researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration and Society. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/zaheera-jinnah/rss en Economy Laws & Policy Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:18:19 +0000 Zaheera Jinnah https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/08/the-case-for-migrants-in-south-africa https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/08/the-case-for-migrants-in-south-africa Amid a spate of xenophobic attacks against migrants in South Africa, anthropologist Zaheera Jinnah defends their presence, arguing that they contribute to the labor market with their mixed skills and informal employment.