Immigration
Slow progress towards opening Cape Town refugee office
Home Affairs re-opens Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Offices, but Cape Town process very slow
News | 19 June 2018
Khayelitsha residents destroy shack in xenophobic attack
“People destroyed my shack and took everything. They say they don’t want a kwere kwere to stay here.”
By Vincent Lali
News | 11 June 2018
Zimbabwean children miss exams as Home Affairs sends them from city to city
“These people are not considerate. Why work with refugees when they do not have refugees’ interests at heart?”
News | 8 June 2018
Some bank accounts blocked while customers wait for new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit
Banks remind customers to bring proof of application
Brief | 6 June 2018
Former Angolan refugees face uncertain future
They were expecting permanent residence, but they have been offered four years in South Africa instead
News | 4 June 2018
Victory for asylum seekers in Constitutional Court
Court rules on extension of temporary permits
Law | 30 May 2018
Case dropped against arrested informal gold miners
Four miners fined for contravening immigration law
Brief | 18 May 2018
Refugee organisation condemns raids by Home Affairs
Government says it will continue to enforce immigration legislation with “full might of the law” and “no respite”
Brief | 15 May 2018