Immigration

Asylum seekers’ desperate wait at Home Affairs office

Applicants wait for weeks for papers to be renewed

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News | 10 April 2017

Immigrants and South Africans march together in Hillbrow

Concerns over government’s new White Paper on immigration

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Brief | 29 March 2017

Immigrant finds her feet selling shoes

Melania sells second-hand footwear smuggled from Mozambique

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News | 24 March 2017

Immigrants in Imizamo Yethu: no relocation from community “we are used to”

Some foreign nationals have rebuilt their shacks after the fire despite City agreement

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News | 20 March 2017

Police stop anti-immigrant march in Rosettenville

“No houses will be burnt today. No shops will be looted. We will not allow such to happen.”

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News | 20 March 2017

Presidency refuses to accept memo from anti-xenophobia protest

South Africans and immigrants march together to Union Buildings

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News | 9 March 2017

Young leaders call on president to take action against xenophobia

Open letter to President Jacob Zuma and Minister Malusi Gigaba

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Opinion | 28 February 2017

School withdraws xenophobic letter

“If any foreign child arrives here on Monday we will phone the police …” - Eastleigh Primary letter to parents

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Brief | 27 February 2017

Asylum seeker paid R1,500 for fake documents

Home Affairs warns against “unscrupulous” scammers operating outside its reception centre in Pretoria

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News | 27 February 2017

Mashaba has incited xenophobia, says immigrants’ spokesperson

African Diaspora Forum has tried in vain to meet organisers of Friday’s anti-immigrant march

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News | 23 February 2017

Woman entrepreneur survives Wild West of informal gold mining

After her husband was gunned down, ‘Kensani’ took over the business

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News | 15 February 2017

Vigilante violence leaves Malawian family homeless

“The police do nothing so the people have decided to mobilise and handle the matter themselves”

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News | 13 February 2017

Smuggling tyres across the Zimbabwean border

Zimbabwean men in Musina have to bribe immigration officials to make a meagre living

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News | 7 February 2017

Fears of xenophobic violence in Pretoria

Circular calls for march against immigrants

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Brief | 30 January 2017

Angolan refugees with expired permits in line for permanent residence

Scalabrini Centre processing applications following court victory

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Brief | 17 January 2017