Immigration
Zimbabwean family alleges funeral company rip-off
Taurai Hativagone from Zimbabwe says he was conned out of thousands of rands by Sonandi Family Funerals company who failed to deliver on promises to provide services for his brother’s funeral, including sending the body to Zimbabwe by air.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 19 September 2012
Green Market Square traders face imminent eviction
At least 40 immigrants trading since 2010 at the Soko African Market, next to Green Market Square, face imminent eviction. Their attempts to negotiate for more notice time before eviction from the Kings Hotel, which owns the property, have failed.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 29 August 2012
Immigrants accuse construction company of abusive labour practices
Kate Jambela, the owner of Jambela Building Construction, is being accused of exploiting immigrants for the past four years and more recently of dismissing them without paying their accumulated wages.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 8 August 2012
Zimbabweans work together to repatriate the dead
There is a large Zimbabwean community in Cape Town. When members die, their friends and family usually want them to be buried back home in Zimbabwe.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 1 August 2012
Cape High Court rules closure of refugee centre was unreasonable and irrational
On Wednesday 25 July, Judge Dennis Davis of the Cape High Court ruled in favour of continued access to the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office (CTRRO) for new asylum applicants.
Veronica Washaya
Brief | 1 August 2012
PASSOP report on discrimination against immigrants with different sexual orientations
Last week, People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP) launched a report titled, "A Dream Deferred on Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) in the Immigrant Community."
Veronica Washaya
Brief | 4 July 2012
Dutch family’s 16 year struggle with Home Affairs
A Dutch family that has been living in South Africa since 1996 has been struggling with the Department of Home Affairs for 16 years to live and work legally in South Africa. Now a Public Protector report has found that Home Affairs failed the family and abused its power.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 27 June 2012
Refugees welcome to join trade unions, says COSATU
The United Nations (UN) has marked 20 June of every year World Refugee Day.
Veronica Washaya
News | 27 June 2012
Over 50,000 immigrants deported in 2010
A document called "Perils and Pitfalls – Migrants and Deportations in South Africa," recently released by People Against Suffering and Oppression, explains how the rights of refugees, children and black South Africans are infringed and abused.
By Tariro Washinyira
News | 20 June 2012