Immigration
Immigrants must be given health care even if undocumented, health department confirms
A number of immigrants in Makhanda say they were denied health care
Brief | 15 March 2021
“I gave up when they told me that I wouldn’t be able to write matric without an ID book”
People who find themselves stateless in South Africa struggle to rectify their situation
News | 15 March 2021
Plea for Mozambican government to locate Cape Town man
Patrick Lunguza was transporting a body to Malawi when he was arrested last month. His family has not been able to contact him for two weeks
News | 12 March 2021
Home Affairs says it will clear 68-year backlog in refugee applications in four years
The UNHCR and Home Affairs have announced a US$9.6 million asylum seeker backlog project
News | 9 March 2021
“It is a sin that South Africans can do this to their fellow Africans” says witness to Durban violence
But no evidence of the alleged killing of two immigrants in last week’s attack
News | 9 March 2021
Covid-19 leaves immigrants desperate for help with food
8,000 families have turned to Zimbabwean embassy for assistance
News | 3 March 2021
“Most of our members are at Nkandla”: MK veterans say they’re not behind Sunday’s attacks on immigrants
Witnesses say two traders were killed at Durban market and several injured
News | 2 March 2021
Children’s shelter faces closure after department stops funding
“We have no option but to go out in the streets begging” says a 20-year-old living at the shelter
News | 2 March 2021
Zimbabwean couple demand gay rights
Yet having fled Zimbabwe, they face “corrupt, homophobic and xenophobic” Home Affairs in South Africa, says NGO
News | 26 February 2021