Don’t blame immigration for SA’s unemployment, says Dlamini-Zuma

Dailydispatch · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · May 27, 2026 · 389 words · By Innocentia Nkadimeng

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Story audio is generated using AI Immigration does not contribute to SA’s unemployment crisis, says former AU chairperson and ANC veteran Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

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Story audio is generated using AI Immigration does not contribute to SA’s unemployment crisis, says former AU chairperson and ANC veteran Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Why it matters

Her comments come amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment across the country, where civic groups have staged protests against illegal immigration.

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Protesters have demanded the immediate deportation of undocumented foreigners, arguing that they overwhelm both public services and the jobs market.

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Claim 1: “Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is a former AU chairperson and ANC veteran”

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Wikipedia and Britannica both confirm that Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is a longstanding member of the ANC and a former chairperson of the African Union Commission.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (née Dlamini; born 27 January 1949), sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ, is a South African politician, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longs…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission is the head of the African Union Commission (AUC). They are the Chief Executive Officer, legal representative of the African Union (AU), and the Commiss…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Zulu: [geɮʱejiɬeˈkisa ˈzʱuma]; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his…
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Claim 2: “Immigration does not contribute to SA’s unemployment crisis, says former AU chairperson and ANC veteran Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding restaurant closures and food distributors. There is no evidence in the provided text that Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma made this specific statement.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 25, 2025 · It is so annoying that so many retail places and restaurants close on Christmas day Teusery Dec 25, 2025
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 2, 2026 · Cracker Barrel is serving up a new rule for employees hitting the road: When it comes to meals, the company wants them to stick to its own restaurants. In an internal message obtained by…
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Claim 3: “South Africa’s unemployment rate surged to 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026”

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The claim is directly supported by a cross-reference from Daily Maverick stating the unemployment rate climbed to 32.7% in Q1 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) is an ongoing case that was brought before the International Cour…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika, ) was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961. It was the his…
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Claim 4: “pushing the total number of unemployed citizens to 8.1-million”

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Web search results explicitly state that 'more than 8.1 million South Africans are unemployed, according to the latest Statistics South Africa figures'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — White South Africans are South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of the Dutch East India C…
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Claim 5: “civic groups have staged protests against illegal immigration”

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Multiple independent web sources report protests and rising public anger against illegal immigration, specifically mentioning 'anti-immigration groups' and 'massive March in March protests'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of political parties in South Africa. For most of its recent history, South Africa has functioned as a democratic state but with a one-party dominant system, with the African National C…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South African National Civics Organisation or South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) is an umbrella political organisation in South Africa. It was founded in March 1992 to coordinate am…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a South African popular front that existed from 1983 to 1991. The UDF comprised more than 400 public organizations including trade unions, students' unions, women…
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