Immigration
Blind Zimbabwean loses refugee status after identity muddle
Blessing Marindo has also lost his disability grant and is struggling to make ends meet
Brief | 28 February 2019
Woman told to go to Zimbabwe to get her South African-born child’s visas
She faces prohibitive costs and may lose her job
Brief | 22 February 2019
Immigrants targeted in Alexandra housing battle
Vigilantes accused of throwing families out of RDP housing
Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 21 February 2019
Asylum seekers forced to go to Port Elizabeth to apply for documents
Applicants can’t wait until promised opening of Cape Town office in June
Brief | 29 January 2019
Home Affairs to open refugee office in Maitland
New applicants to be served in Cape Town again
Brief | 24 January 2019
Concourt takes compassionate approach to people who enter country unlawfully
Asylum delayed is not (necessarily) asylum denied
Law | 17 January 2019
Ethel Mavaivai has been admitted to university at the age of 26 - but she can’t afford the fees
Immigrants, even if they came to SA as children, do not benefit from free tuition
Brief | 10 January 2019
Zimbabweans stock up in SA to beat inflation at home
But the cost of taking goods back rises over Christmas
News | 18 December 2018
Concourt agrees: people guilty of serious crimes will not qualify for refugee status
However, extradition law still protects their fundamental rights
Law | 6 December 2018