Immigration
Police accused of failing to act on complaints against SANDF
Lawyers for Human Rights to compel police to investigate string of alleged assaults and torture carried out by soldiers
News | 12 February 2021
“Passport cops” blackmail immigrants
Police in central Johannesburg accused of extorting bribes and preying on women
News | 2 February 2021
2020 in pictures: a year of living dangerously
Covid-19, evictions, fires and an elephant: GroundUp’s photos of the year
Photo Essay | 22 December 2020
Philippi’s immigrant crime-buster
Alidi Hicuburundi runs soccer clubs, distributes food parcels and takes part in the community policing forum
News | 17 December 2020
Covid-19: We are going to be very strict, Motsoaledi warns Zimbabwean travellers
Expensive test makes return to Zimbabwe unaffordable for some
News | 2 December 2020
High Court suspends measures against asylum seekers
The provisions left many asylum seekers vulnerable to being deported to countries where they would face persecution or threats to their lives
Law | 2 December 2020
City of Cape Town in spat with Public Works over refugee camp
Meanwhile hundreds of refugees are without basic sanitation at the Bellville camp
News | 25 November 2020
MK veterans wage campaign against immigrants
Truck drivers in Durban demand that only South Africans be allowed to drive freight
News | 24 November 2020
Refugees from UNHCR protest face deportation
“I cry everyday and worry about my first child’s future. I may never see my husband again”
News | 24 November 2020