Immigration

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The night run: how Zimbabwean traders are dodging suffocating import restrictions

"We are poor. We will go naked if we are prevented from importing cheap garments for resale."

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Feature | 25 August 2016

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School denies fee exemption to woman because she’s an asylum seeker

Lawyer and provincial department say school is legally wrong

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News | 22 August 2016

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Zimbabwe is desperate - an eyewitness account

Mugabe has failed us

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Opinion | 19 August 2016

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Immigrant shop owners in PE township fed up with police

Perpetrators of xenophobic violence seldom arrested, they complain

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News | 19 August 2016

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Visa company bureaucracy trips up Zimbabweans

Over 4,000 Zimbabwean still do not have their special permits

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News | 8 August 2016

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Foreign shops looted in Mbekweni

Residents burn and loot shops after meeting fails to resolve land issue

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News | 26 July 2016

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Zimbabweans in South Africa protest against Mugabe

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria and the consulate in Cape Town today

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News | 14 July 2016

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Zimbabwean told Road Accident Fund doesn’t help foreigners

But the Fund says its employees are meant to treat everyone equally

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News | 14 July 2016

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Farm worker loses four fingers in accident

Zimbabwean awaiting compensation and unable to work

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News | 12 July 2016

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Uncertainty over Zimbabwean import ban

Many rely on South Africa’s cheaper groceries and goods

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News | 11 July 2016

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Immigrant traders threatened in Port Elizabeth

Police accused of xenophobia

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News | 4 July 2016

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Single mother works 16-hour days selling sweets

Gamuchirai Chipuriro has managed to get her child into university

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News | 1 July 2016

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Court setback for immigrants: Cape Town refugee office may stay closed

But an appeal is likely

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News | 1 July 2016

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Somalis fear for their lives after Tshwane riots

Shops and homes destroyed, and over 300 people sheltering in community centres

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Photo Essay | 30 June 2016

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Applications for Lesotho Special Permit extended

Organisations welcome extension to end September

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Brief | 29 June 2016

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Home Affairs system fixed at last

Refugees express relief after weeks of problems

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News | 23 June 2016