Immigration
Xenophobia alive in some schools, human rights meeting is told
Matric children of immigrants born in South Africa also battle to get IDs so that they can enrol in tertiary education, but Home Affairs is trying to fix this
News | 20 July 2021
Refugees frustrated by Home Affairs online renewal system
Officials accused of exploiting asylum seekers’ desperation at the Pretoria refugee centre
By Kimberly Mutandiro and Tariro Washinyira
News | 13 July 2021
A thriving trade has sprung up around informal mining in Gauteng
Immigrant traders supply miners with everything from water to socks
News | 7 July 2021
Desperate Zimbabweans living on the streets of Musina say municipality makes their hard lives worse
“I thought I had grabbed a way of living … but I now live by scavenging from bins”
News | 1 July 2021
Immigrant shop owners plead to be allowed to continue trading in Diepkloof
“All we want is to operate our shops and look after our families”
News | 18 June 2021
Refugee uses art to tell stories of xenophobia
Azuri Muhuli has seen and suffered violence
News | 1 June 2021
Spaza shop owners accuse police of stealing their cash
Diepsloot police say they confiscated R63,000. The shop owners claim it is more than double that amount
News | 31 May 2021
About 180,000 Zimbabweans in SA face uncertain future
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit lapses in December and the South African government has not indicated if it will renew it
News | 27 May 2021