Immigration
Asylum seekers have to wait a year for an appointment in Port Elizabeth
Appointment note leaves people seeking refugee status vulnerable to arrest
Brief | 7 August 2019
Somalian shops in Khayelitsha looted after shooting
“It was no longer about the shooting anymore but hatred towards us Somalians” says shop owner
Brief | 29 July 2019
SANDF soldiers accused of terrorising immigrant shack dwellers
“The soldiers said it was just a teaser of what they will do to the rest of Happiness Village residents”
News | 23 July 2019
Zwelihle Renewal demands lists of names of immigrants employed in Hermanus
“Gangster type approach” says human rights activist
News | 18 July 2019
Home Affairs misses deadline for Cape Town refugee office, says LRC
“The non-responsiveness by Home Affairs left no room for us to engage with them”
News | 9 July 2019
Life in Plastic City is hard, but being an immigrant makes it worse
Mozambican immigrants and Xitsonga-speakers say they are discriminated against
Photo Essay | 8 July 2019
Immigrant food couriers risk death on South African roads
“When it rains, it’s trouble. Guys are falling all the time.”
Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 2 July 2019
Courts should not refuse bail to immigrants without good reason
Being foreign does not justify a refusal of bail
Opinion | 26 June 2019
Court ruling will legalise dependents of asylum seekers
Scalabrini Centre hails court order as life-changing for refugees
Brief | 20 June 2019