Immigration
Judge puts an end to a lifetime of statelessness for 36-year-old
Department of Home Affairs must issue Primrose Modisane with an ID, court rules
Law | 7 April 2025
Immigration Advisory Board appointed for the first time in a decade, says Schreiber
13-member Board will be advising the Home Affairs minister on matters relating to immigration policy, strategy, and implementation
Brief | 4 April 2025
A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg
Immigrants shunned by clinics resort to buying unregulated medicines from illegal vendors
News | 31 March 2025
Refugees evicted from UNHCR in 2023 reduced to eating frogs
The families have been living in an old school building in Bronkhorstspruit for two years
News | 26 March 2025
Asylum seekers face arrest while they battle broken system
Refugees without valid visas are blocked from applying for asylum
By Kimberly Mutandiro and Daniel Steyn
News | 18 March 2025
Immigrant spaza shop owners battle to meet registration deadline
Problems with documents from Home Affairs affect shop owners’ ability to comply with President Ramaphosa’s announcement about food outlets
News | 7 March 2025
People trying to seek asylum should not be deported, court hears
Human rights organisation wants Refugees Act amendments declared unconstitutional
By Daniel Steyn
Law | 28 February 2025
Operation Dudula’s victims demand justice
Litigation against the vigilante group started a year ago
News | 26 February 2025
Refugees wait decades for Home Affairs to recognise their families
Despite a 2019 court ruling on “family joining”, spouses and children of asylum seekers are struggling to get documented
By Nontobeko Mkhwanazi and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 25 February 2025