Immigration
Covid-19: Zimbabwean nationals ask to be repatriated
Consul General says the embassy is compiling a list of people willing to return to Zimbabwe
News | 22 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown affords homeless shelter in Louis Trichardt
Shelter came as a relief, says a 23-year-old, who used to sleep at a car wash
Brief | 20 April 2020
Police close immigrant-owned spaza shops “for their own safety”
“Police are only concentrating on road blocks” complains shop owner
News | 17 April 2020
Covid-19: Homeless, unemployed and stuck in South Africa
Limpopo moves people living on the streets into shelters
Brief | 8 April 2020
Covid-19: City of Cape Town and national government bicker over housing of refugees
City claims Bellville site is not compliant with anti-virus regulations
By James Stent
News | 8 April 2020
After the storm: protesting refugees settle in to marquee life
No city, province, or national officials at site
Text by James Stent. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 3 April 2020
Police end five-month long occupation of Cape Town church
Protesting refugees moved to Bellville site
By James Stent
News | 2 April 2020
Covid-19: Police shut immigrant-owned spaza shops after Minister’s xenophobic statement
Open shops for us to buy locally and obey lockdown, say township residents
News | 27 March 2020
Ethiopian shop owners in Diepsloot say police are stealing their goods and cash during raids
Police are terrorising us, says shopowner
News | 9 March 2020