Immigration
Eviction case for hundreds of refugees to be heard in April
Government has spent millions on Wingfield and Paint City camps since 2020
Brief | 13 October 2025
Lesotho permit: A lifeline for Basotho workers facing collapse of textile industry
Announcement comes weeks after hundreds of undocumented workers were arrested in SA
News | 11 October 2025
Zimbabwe and Lesotho permits extended to May 2027
Helen Suzman Foundation urges Home Affairs minister to fast-track talks with the public over the future of the permits
Brief | 9 October 2025
Lesufi’s office fails to back up his claim about immigrants
The Gauteng Premier vowed to destroy informal settlements, claiming that most of their residents are undocumented immigrants
News | 11 September 2025
Eviction hearing looms for refugees in Bellville camp
The refugees have rejected repatriation to home countries or returning to South African communities
News | 15 August 2025
After a decades-long struggle and a court order, Primrose Modisane finally has a birth certificate
Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials
Law | 5 August 2025
Operation Dudula faces off against human rights organisations in “misguided” protest
Anti-immigration group wants to close down “unpatriotic” organisations
By Jan Bornman
News | 17 July 2025
City of Cape Town to evict refugees living at two emergency housing sites
About 160 refugees at Wingfield were among those who protested outside the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in 2019
News | 8 July 2025
A taste of Somalia on the streets of Joburg
We visited a Somali-owned coffee shop in Mayfair which serves qaxwo and other Somali treats
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 24 June 2025