Articles for Tariro Washinyira
Schools still turning away immigrant children
In spite of instructions, children without documents are still being refused places
News | 16 March 2021
Northlink students threaten to shutdown campuses
The college has promised to meet with student leaders on Wednesday to discuss their grievances
Brief | 12 March 2021
Home Affairs says it will clear 68-year backlog in refugee applications in four years
The UNHCR and Home Affairs have announced a US$9.6 million asylum seeker backlog project
News | 9 March 2021
Covid-19 leaves immigrants desperate for help with food
8,000 families have turned to Zimbabwean embassy for assistance
News | 3 March 2021
Zimbabwean couple demand gay rights
Yet having fled Zimbabwe, they face “corrupt, homophobic and xenophobic” Home Affairs in South Africa, says NGO
News | 26 February 2021
At least two arrested during standoff between police and SAFTU in Cape Town
Hundreds picket on Wednesday over mass retrenchments, wage freezes and budget cuts among other things
By Tariro Washinyira, Masego Mafata and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 24 February 2021
Covid-19: Don’t put other people’s lives at risk, urges hospital cleaner
Thembelani Zake has had the disease and sees its effects daily in his work
News | 23 February 2021
“The slow violence of malnutrition”
One in four children under five is undernourished and one in eight is overweight or obese, say researchers
By Tariro Washinyira and Elsabé Brits
News | 18 February 2021
Commuters wary of trains as service resumes
The Central Line started operating on Tuesday again but only between Cape Town and Langa
News | 18 February 2021