Immigration

Zimbabwean children repatriated

Court sides with Department of Social Development against parents

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Brief | 7 March 2018

Informal gold miner shot dead and eight arrested

Security guards accused of corruption and double-crossing illegal miners

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News | 7 March 2018

Court battle over Zimbabwean children in SA custody

Parents seek urgent interdict to stop deportation

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News | 1 March 2018

Zimbabwean parent denied access to her child

Advocate says Department of Social Development has no right to keep the children from being with their families

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News | 22 February 2018

Zimbabwean children held for three months by South African government

Kids aged between two and 12 taken into custody, no contact with parents

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News | 14 February 2018

Home Affairs has backlog of 140,000 refugee status appeals

Official admits to rampant corruption at refugee centres

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News | 9 February 2018

96% of refugee applications are refused, say lawyers

Home Affairs is “institutionally xenophobic”, Human Rights Commission told

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News | 8 February 2018

Home Affairs extends deadline for new Zimbabwe Exemption Permit

Applicants have until 15 February to complete the process

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Brief | 1 February 2018

New refugee offices for Cape Town

Meanwhile refugees don’t have enough toilets at current offices

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News | 30 January 2018

Zimbabweans in SA tied up in red tape as permit deadline approaches

Applicants for permits are rejected if they do not have a valid Zimbabwean passport, even if they’ve applied for one

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News | 23 January 2018

Police shut down immigrant shops

We use the shop to survive because we are both jobless, says shopkeeper

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News | 8 January 2018

Cape Town refugee centre must be opened by end of March

Constitutional Court rejects Home Affairs application for leave

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Brief | 15 December 2017

Zimbabwean’s endless temporary permit renewal nightmare

In eight years Althea Roberts has had 21 extensions to her asylum seeker permit

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News | 24 November 2017

Congolese picket US Consulate in Cape Town

Protesters want the US to take a tough stance against President Kabila

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Brief | 10 November 2017

Immigrant held for ransom at the border

Malawian man tells mysterious story of bus passengers kidnapped crossing into South Africa and forced to pay R2,500 to be released

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News | 13 October 2017

Man terrorized for renting shop to a Somali

Xenophobic Duduza residents “ban” Somali, Pakistani, Ethiopian, Bangladeshi and Eritrean residents from owning shops

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News | 11 October 2017