Tara Polzer Ngwato
Senior Researcher

Tara Polzer Ngwato has been with ACMS since 2002, and is a Senior Researcher with an interdisciplinary background in Social and Political Science (Cambridge) and Development Studies (London School of Economics and Political Science). She conducts research in relation to Mozambican refugees; Zimbabwean migrants; humanitarian and legal responses to mixed migration and xenophobic violence; local government responses to migration; and migrants’ conceptions of belonging in relation to the state, the nation, and their local host communities. Her research interests also include conflict transformation and the effective dissemination of research findings.

Publications

Polzer Ngwato, T., & Segatti A. (2011).  From Defending Migrant Rights to New Political Subjectivities: Gauteng Migrants’ Organisations After May 2008. (Loren B. Landau, Ed.).Exorcising the Demons within: Xenophobia, Violence and Statecraft in Contemporary South Africa .
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2010).  Tara Polzer interviewed on CCTV by Rene Del Carme [12 November 2010].
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2010).  Tara Polzer interview on E TV International News [3 October 2010 @ 15:00].
Misago, J. P., Monson T., Polzer Ngwato T., & Landau L. B. (2010).  Violence Against Foreign Nationals in South Africa: Understanding Causes and Evaluating Responses. FMSP Research Report. 1-234.
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2010).  Tara Polzer interview on E TV International News [1 October 2010 @ 07:00].
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2010).  'Xenophobia': Violence against Foreign Nationals and other ‘Outsiders’ in Contemporary South Africa. FMSP Issue Brief. 1-6.
Polzer Ngwato, T., & Akech J. A. (2010).  Entre un Estado con fronteras y una sociedad fronteriza. El Gobierno local en los distritos fronterizos de Sudafrica y Kenia. (María Eugenia Anguiano Téllez, Ana María López Sala, Ed.).Migraciones y Fronteras Nuevos Contornos.
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2010).  Population Movements in and to South Africa. FMSP Fact Sheet. 1-8.
Araia, T., Kola S., & Polzer Ngwato T. (2010).  Migration and Employment in the Construction Industry Pilot Study. ACMS Research Report. 1-35.
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2010).  Silence and Fragmentation: South African Responses to Zimbabwean Migration. (Jonathan Crush, Daniel Tevera, Ed.).Zimbabwe's Exodus: Crisis, Migration, Survival . 363-376.
Polzer Ngwato, T., & Takabvirwa K. (2010).  Just Crime? Violence, xenophobia and crime: discourse and practice. SA Crime Quarterly. 33, 3-10.
Landau, L. B., Polzer Ngwato T., & Segatti A. (2010).  The mobile nation: How immigration continues to shape South Africa. (John Daniel, Prishani Naidoo, Devan Pillay, Roger Southall, Ed.).New South African Review: 2010: Development Decline?. 218-235.
Polzer Ngwato, T., Kiwanuka M., & Takabvirwa K. (2010).  Regional Responses to Zimbabwean Migration, 2000–2010. Open Space: On the Move: Dynamics of Migration in Southern Africa. 3, 30-34.
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2009).  Immigration Policy Responses to Zimbabweans in South Africa: Implementing Special Temporary Permits (Background Paper).
Monson, T., Igglesden V., & Polzer Ngwato T. (2009).  Humanitarian Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in South Africa: Lessons Learned Following Attacks on Foreign Nationals in May 2008. FMSP Research Report. 1-187.
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2009).  Zimbabwean migration to South Africa: from myth to management [6 December 2009]. The Star Special Insert on Migration .
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2009).  Immigration Policy Responses to Zimbabweans in South Africa: Implementing Special Temporary Permits. 1-38.
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2009).  Regularising Zimbabwean Migration to South Africa. 1-5.
Polzer Ngwato, T. (2008).  Negotiating Rights: The Politics of Local Integration. 1-21.
Greenburg, J., & Polzer Ngwato T. (2008).  Migrant Access to Housing in South African Cities. Migrant Rights Monitoring Project . 1-18.