Immigration

Spaza shop landlords shocked by R2,200 permit fee

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is scrambling to legalise residential based enterprises

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Brief | 25 November 2024

Targeting immigrant spaza shops is unconstitutional, warns activist

The focus should instead be on holding government accountable for ensuring food safety at all stores

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News | 20 November 2024

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor targets immigrant-owned spaza shops

“These are politically motivated actions against us. There are many more pressing issues facing this city.”

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Brief | 13 November 2024

Ivaldo Macamo lost his leg when the George building collapsed. He is still waiting for compensation

Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout

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News | 30 October 2024

Court ruling on asylum seekers welcomed

Judge prohibits Home Affairs officials deporting people who intend to apply for asylum

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News | 18 September 2024

Death toll rises to seven after police swoop on informal gold miners

Some miners have already gone back to work to earn money and repatriate the bodies of their colleagues

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News | 17 September 2024

Marshalltown fire survivors to launch class action against City of Johannesburg

A year after the tragedy, survivors and families of those who died in the Usindiso building want compensation

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News | 26 August 2024

Judge slams lawyers who preyed on refugees

Attorneys and advocate who did “a cut and paste job” for clients ordered to pay the costs from their own pockets

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Law | 19 August 2024

Anger at huge jump in Zimbabwean passport price

Petition gathers over 1,100 signatures

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News | 2 August 2024

Asylum seekers fear arrest but can’t access documents

Lawyers for Human Rights takes this issue to the High Court next month.

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News | 18 July 2024

Fhatuwani Sibanda lost his job because Home Affairs said he was a foreigner. But he’s South African

Home Affairs has failed to comply with two court rulings

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News | 17 July 2024

Zimbabweans in South Africa welcome rollout of e-passports

Pilot programme has seen about 60 e-passports processed daily since 21 June and the Zimbabwean Consulate says it is extending the initiative indefinitely

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Brief | 27 June 2024

Constitutional Court refuses Home Affairs leave to appeal Zimbabwe permit decision

In June 2023 the Pretoria High Court ruled that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit was unlawfully terminated

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Brief | 19 June 2024

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Albert Mpazayabo hopes his thesis on integration of refugees in South Africa will be taken seriously by the authorities

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News | 10 May 2024

Immigration officer slammed by judges after Ethiopian asylum seeker attempts suicide

Tsegaye Esyas says he was duped into confessing that he was in South Africa illegally

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Law | 24 April 2024

Traders accuse border officers of beating them and burning their stalls

Lawyers for Human Rights accuse authorities of violating human rights

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News | 12 April 2024