Immigration
Government scrambles to deal with anti-immigration protests
Ministers convened a “high-level” meeting at the Union Buildings on Monday
News | 26 May 2026
Mangaung shutdown turns to looting of immigrant-owned shops
Over 140 people arrested
Brief | 26 May 2026
“An African cannot be a foreigner in Africa”
In St George’s Cathedral on Africa Day activists called out Afrophobia, saying immigrants are fighting for the same dignity as marginalised South Africans
Brief | 25 May 2026
Tensions high as March and March supporters protest in Bellville
“March and March pretends to oppose only undocumented migration, but in practice, it fuels hostility and violence,” said activist groups in a statement
News | 23 May 2026
Legally in SA but scared to go home: 150 immigrants camping at Durban Home Affairs
People driven from their neighbourhoods by anti-immigrant groups have spent five days moving between a police station, a church centre and Home Affairs
News | 22 May 2026
More than 57,000 people deported from South Africa last year
The Department of Home Affairs is clamping down on illegal immigration
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 22 May 2026
Blaming immigrants for our problems is a fool’s game
Lives will not be improved by vigilante action, mass deportations and expressions of hatred
GroundView | 18 May 2026
Immigrants shut their shops as copycat March and March protest held in Matatiele
“We are not xenophobic, we want to assist Home Affairs” says march organiser
Brief | 14 May 2026
Rights groups disappointed by Constitutional Court asylum ruling
Immigrant community leaders say the ruling that bars rejected asylum seekers from reapplying, may see people deported back to countries where they face danger
News | 13 May 2026