Articles for Tariro Washinyira
Immigrants apparently unaware of new laws as government tightens up on permits
Immigrants in Cape Town might lose their livelihoods if the new regulations to the 2011 Immigration Amendment Act published in the Government Gazette on 14 February 2014 comes into effect.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 12 March 2014
Alleged discrimination against foreign children in the Techno Girl programme
A Zimbabwean woman, Sandra Chinyanga, is unhappy because her daughter was dropped from the Techno Girl Programme after three years of consistent participation. Now she has been told that her daughter should never have been allowed to join the programme, because she is an immigrant.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 5 March 2014
Ugandans in South Africa unhappy with anti-gay law
Uganda’s brutal new anti-gay law puts Dembe Ainebyona (not her real name) in a difficult situation because she may never see her country of birth again.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 4 March 2014
Refugee facing arrest in Congo ordered to leave SA
A 47 year old Congo-Brazzaville man has been told to leave South Africa though there is a search warrant (avis de recherche) out for him in his own country.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 25 February 2014
Rights organisations contest reasons for Home Affairs directive
Director General of Home Affairs, Mkuseli Apleni, has given reasons why no new asylum seekers will be accepted at the Refugee Reception Office (RRO) in Cape Town.
Tariro Washinyira and GroundUp staff
News | 14 February 2014
Gugs dance school gives children self-worth
Self-discipline and self-worth: Zama Dance school instils these much-needed values in children in Gugulethu.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 12 February 2014
Somali community run school to learn English
Somali Association of South Africa (SASA) Western Cape chairperson Abdikadir Mohamed has established an English school project with the help of the Scalabrini Centre.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 6 February 2014
Lawyer to Home Affairs: treatment of asylum seekers is irresponsible, hard-hearted, incompetent
Hundreds of asylum seekers who have been living in Cape Town for more than five years and have renewed their documents more than twelve times are now undocumented. They may lose their work. They no longer have access to health, education, and bank accounts. And they are vulnerable to arrest, detention and deportation.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 29 January 2014
Home Affairs violates court order - man arrested despite effort to be lawful
A 21-year-old Somali man, Ibrahim Abdulkhadir from Malmesbury, was turned away from the Cape Town Refugee Reception Offices (RRO) on 5 July 2012 and denied an opportunity to collect his asylum document and legalise his stay in the country.
Tariro Washinyira
Feature | 22 January 2014