Articles for Joseph Bracken
Six refugees beaten in xenophobic attack
African refugees working in salons around Durban’s Warwick Street Market were attacked and beaten by men with sticks. Two of them were hospitalised.
News | 16 July 2026
Pietermaritzburg’s R1-billion transport flop
No buses operate on Msunduzi Municipality’s failed public transport system
News | 13 July 2026
Refugees in Durban say they have nowhere to go
About 400 legally documented refugees have camped outside Durban’s Refugee Reception Centre for a month, fleeing threats of violence
News | 7 July 2026
Desperate to escape violence, hundreds of immigrants camp outside closed Durban repatriation site
The municipality is urging people not to go to the old drive-in site which it closed on 29 June
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 3 July 2026
140 buses take 7,000 displaced immigrants to Musina
People continue to arrive at the old Drive-In site in Durban
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 29 June 2026
In photos: Immigrants stream to repatriation site in Durban
Struggling authorities are now trying to move people to a new makeshift repatriation site closer to the border in Musina, Limpopo
Text by Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
Photo Essay | 28 June 2026
South Africans lose income as immigrants flee
“I keep asking myself, ‘Where is Ubuntu?’” says landlord
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 26 June 2026
March and March has promised peace on 30 June — KZN Premier
Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and her husband speak at immigration summit alongside diplomats
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 25 June 2026
Hundreds of Malawians queuing for buses in Durban
Home Affairs official says it is not certain that everyone will have been assisted by 30 June
By Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Bracken
Brief | 24 June 2026