Campaign
Current Campaign: "Remember Their Names"
Commemorating Those Lost During This Season of Anti-Immigration Violence in 2026
Organized by: The African Immigration Movement (AIM)
Campaign Dates: December 13–19, 2026
Campaign Focus: Commemorating Lives
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As South Africa observes Reconciliation Day in December, a time for national reflection and social cohesion, the African Immigration Movement (AIM) invites faith-based organisations, diplomatic missions, businesses, civic structures, and individuals to pause and honour those who have lost their lives amid anti-immigration sentiment and violence.
Over the past year, particularly during the violent upheavals in June, mothers, fathers, children, the elderly, workers, young people, foreign nationals, and South African citizens have lost their lives, suffered serious injuries, or been displaced from their homes and communities. Recognising this shared pain and affirming the inherent dignity of every human life is an important step towards healing, reconciliation, and a more united society.
Remember Their Names (Details)
A Call for Remembrance and Reconciliation
From 13 to 19 December, the campaign calls on institutions to visibly remember those lost to anti-immigration violence.
The Remember Their Names campaign seeks to honour lives lost amid anti-immigration sentiment and violence while promoting dignity, healing, and peaceful coexistence. The campaign calls on participating institutions to make remembrance a visible part of their observances from 13 to 19 December by acknowledging those whose lives were cut short, affirming the inherent worth of every human being regardless of nationality, legal status, or background, and rejecting violence directed at people because of their nationality. Through these acts of remembrance, we seek to ensure that victims are not forgotten, restore dignity to those who have lost their lives, and reaffirm that targeted violence diminishes our shared humanity and undermines reconciliation and social cohesion.
Ways to Remember Their Names
The campaign invites faith based organisations , community groups, and businesses to honour the fallen through solemn acts of remembrance.
The Remember Their Names campaign invites faith-based institutions, community organisations, businesses, and other participating groups to honour those who have lost their lives through solemn and meaningful acts of remembrance. These may include dedicated moments during worship services, prayers, or traditional libations; moments of silence, symbolic roll calls, and tributes; memorial altars or books of remembrance where condolence messages can be shared; and the display of flags at half-mast or black ribbons at official and community centres. Organisations, communities, and businesses are encouraged to dedicate a service or space to remembrance and register their commemorative activities with the African Immigration Movement (AIM), helping unite these efforts in a shared commitment to dignity, healing, reconciliation, and peaceful coexistence.
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