Articles for Tariro Washinyira
Cabinet announces Zimbabwe Exemption Permits will not be extended
Holders of the ZEPs given a year to migrate to other permits
News | 25 November 2021
Race against the clock to meet court deadline to move railway families
Court ruled that families living along the railway line in Langa must be shown new site four weeks before being moved
News | 18 November 2021
By the time Home Affairs reopens its Cape Town refugee office it will have taken ten years
Epping office expected to open in September 2022
News | 15 November 2021
Fire victims wait three years for SASSA disaster grants
Some families have still not been paid out after the October 2019 fire in Vygieskraal in Cape Town
Brief | 2 November 2021
Immigrant children use art to show how prejudice hurts
“I have never been to the DRC. I speak Sesotho fluently and a bit of Afrikaans but I am treated very differently by my peers.”
Photo Essay | 29 October 2021
Shockingly bad service at Home Affairs as queues begin at 2am
Minister says the problem is being addressed
News | 21 October 2021
Refugee dies waiting for dream to leave South Africa to come true
Over 100 refugees stuck in limbo for two years at Lindela repatriation centre
News | 20 October 2021
Refugees who arrived after lockdown have no way to apply for asylum
Asylum application backlog set to grow, with Refugee Reception Offices closed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
News | 8 October 2021
“I don’t want to sit in this hellish country any more”
Refugees who have returned to their communities after long protest in Cape Town still want to leave South Africa
News | 29 September 2021