Xenophobia
More than 50,000 immigrants have fled SA
38,000 people have quit the country via Musina since the wave of xenophobia started
News | 8 July 2026
Constitutional Court stops deportation of asylum seekers
Asylum seekers without transit visas may not be deported, apex court rules
News | 7 July 2026
Refugees in Durban say they have nowhere to go
About 400 legally documented refugees have camped outside Durban’s Refugee Reception Centre for a month, fleeing threats of violence
News | 7 July 2026
Last immigrant families leave from Cape Town repatriation site
Hundreds of people board 13 buses from Epping
Brief | 7 July 2026
Ekurhuleni man desperate after immigrant wife disappears
Ernest Mahlangu was beaten by a mob and his wife arrested by police on 30 June
News | 7 July 2026
Police seen assisting Limpopo residents to round up and evict immigrants
About 200 people were taken to the Louis Trichardt showgrounds on Sunday
By Thembi Siaga
News | 6 July 2026
Desperate to escape violence, hundreds of immigrants camp outside closed Durban repatriation site
The municipality is urging people not to go to the old drive-in site which it closed on 29 June
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 3 July 2026
Malawian church torched and immigrants chased from their homes in Gqeberha
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it has assisted repatriate nearly 400 Zimbabwean nationals
News | 3 July 2026
Immigrant families live in terror after being stoned by March and March crowds
SAPS made 900 arrests nationwide on Tuesday for offences including public violence, looting and crimes against immigrants
Text by Kimberly Mutandiro. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 2 July 2026