Immigration
Grants available for refugee organisations
A number of community-based refugee organisations in Cape Town are racing to meet the deadline for a project rolled out last year by the European Union
News | 2 February 2016
Quiet walk home turns into nightmare for Malawians
27 January 2016 NEWS
Asylum-seeker spends six weeks in prison
Hefty fines for asylum seekers at Port Elizabeth refugee centre
Immigrants complain that officials humiliate them.
News | 19 January 2016
Asylum seekers frustrated with Home Affairs
GroundUp previously reported the poor service by the Department of Home Affairs' foreshore offices. Today, the situation remains unchanged.
Brief | 18 January 2016
How bus drivers and immigration officials fleece Zimbabweans in the December holidays
Bernard Chiguvare describes the shenanigans on his trip from Cape Town to Harare.
News | 12 January 2016
Home Affairs incompetence causes refugees to lose jobs, money and bank accounts
“I am sick and tired and wish I could be resettled to another country. They should not treat people like animals,” says a man trying to renew his refugee status. He is one of many complaining about the service at Home Affairs on Cape Town's foreshore.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 18 December 2015
The Rwandan student who hung on to her dream
Alice Wamundiya comes from a background where the importance of education is emphasised. When she settled in South Africa after her family fled the Rwandan genocide, she decided to help other refugees and asylum-seekers with their education.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 December 2015
Man wrongly detained by Home Affairs describes ordeal
A Zimbabwean man, detained in the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp even though his passport allowed him to be in South Africa, has been released. GroundUp told his story on 25 November. He was released two days later.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 3 December 2015
Gigaba releases stats on Zimbabwean Special Permit
At a press briefing at Parliament today, Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba released statistics on the Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP).
Tariro Washinyira
Brief | 25 November 2015