Fourteen people flee Wolseley after crowd marches against them, loots their shops, and accuses them of murder and drug-dealing
News | 4 March 2016
Community leaders say they didn’t authorise shop
News | 29 February 2016
Applications from new asylum seekers should have been accepted from 9 February
News | 19 February 2016
Dozens of children in Diepsloot turned away over documentation
By Benita Enoch
News | 15 February 2016
A woman finds herself unable to re-enter South Africa even though she has the correct permit
News | 5 February 2016
Many immigrants are detained arbitrarily
By Prashianne Hansraj and Fundi Moyo
Analysis | 4 February 2016
A number of community-based refugee organisations in Cape Town are racing to meet the deadline for a project rolled out last year by the European Union
News | 2 February 2016
27 January 2016 NEWS
Asylum-seeker spends six weeks in prison
Immigrants complain that officials humiliate them.
News | 19 January 2016
GroundUp previously reported the poor service by the Department of Home Affairs' foreshore offices. Today, the situation remains unchanged.
Brief | 18 January 2016
Bernard Chiguvare describes the shenanigans on his trip from Cape Town to Harare.
News | 12 January 2016
“I am sick and tired and wish I could be resettled to another country. They should not treat people like animals,” says a man trying to renew his refugee status. He is one of many complaining about the service at Home Affairs on Cape Town's foreshore.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 18 December 2015
Alice Wamundiya comes from a background where the importance of education is emphasised. When she settled in South Africa after her family fled the Rwandan genocide, she decided to help other refugees and asylum-seekers with their education.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 15 December 2015
A Zimbabwean man, detained in the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp even though his passport allowed him to be in South Africa, has been released. GroundUp told his story on 25 November. He was released two days later.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 3 December 2015
At a press briefing at Parliament today, Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba released statistics on the Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP).
Tariro Washinyira
Brief | 25 November 2015