Immigration
High Court to decide on asylum seeker detentions
Home Affairs argues asylum seekers who entered country illegally can be detained
Law | 28 October 2026
March and March protests against immigrant delivery drivers
The group’s leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma singled out a GroundUp journalist who was then threatened by the crowd
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 27 October 2026
Immigrant drivers too scared to enter Gauteng townships
“Independent contractors” for delivery services are being targeted by vigilantes
News | 23 October 2026
Man beaten to death in central Durban
50 people murdered the man in broad daylight on Thursday morning
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 22 October 2026
Life as an asylum seeker in SA’s broken immigration system
For years seeking asylum has been near impossible
By Joseph Chirume and GroundUp Staff
Feature | 22 October 2026
Bellville traders take City of Cape Town, SAPS and anti-immigrant vigilantes to court
The traders want the court to declare threats and acts of intimidation as unfair discrimination
News | 21 October 2026
Court bars anti-immigrant protesters from going near Home Affairs
24 people appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court on Monday
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 12 October 2026
Anti-immigrant mob threatens to burn women and children
Home Affairs backtracks on reopening the asylum system after violent clashes
By Seth Thorne, Joseph Bracken, Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Chirume
News | 9 October 2026
Violence and mayhem in Durban anti-immigrant march
One person in hospital
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 8 October 2026