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Why a farmer is riding from Zimbabwe to Windhoek on a horse
When Ben Freeth headed west on horseback from the derelict Mount Carmel farm near Chegutu in Zimbabwe on 28 November, he had to lay low. For about 800km, Freeth avoided roads and stuck to the bush, fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 1032 | by GroundUp
Aaron Motsoaledi's shameful outburst
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has published a shameful attack on the Helen Suzman Foundation and civil society.The Foundation is taking Home Affairs to court because of its decisio...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:44hrs | 12 | by GroundUp Editors
7 Zimbabwean teens living under a tree in SA
THEY say they have been living off food scraps in a nearby municipal bin, and it's actually been sustaining them.Seven Zimbabwean teenagers have been living under a big tree near Shoprite in L...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 11:55hrs | | by GroundUp
SA hospital reports foreign residents to Home Affairs
Robertson Hospital confiscated the passport of a 25-year-old Zimbabwean woman on 19 May after she went there to seek treatment.Chiedza* said that on the first day she sought treatment she was ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:00hrs | | by GroundUp
Zimbabweans leave after xenophobic attacks in Vuwani
"I miss my fellow Zimbabweans. We used to stay as a family but we are now scattered in Limpopo"A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, h...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 22:30hrs | | by GroundUp.
Woman told to go to Zimbabwe to get her South African-born child's visas
Since 2008, Melody* has been living and working in South Africa. She is legally in the country with a Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP), but her two children need legal status. The South African authori...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 19:06hrs | 3 | by GroundUP
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo village after xenophobic attacks
A number of Zimbabweans who had been living and working in Tshino village, Thohoyandou, Vuwani, have moved to other areas of Limpopo or returned to Zimbabwe after xenophobic violence erupted last mont...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | | by GroundUP
Blind Zimbabwean loses SA refugee status
A BLIND Zimbabwean living in South Africa has lost his disability grant after his refugee status was withdrawn. The Department of Home Affairs says he has been visiting Zimbabwe, but the blind 53-year...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:00hrs | | by GroundUp
SA Home Affairs tells Zimbabweans awaiting permits to be patient,
The South African Department of Home Affairs has urged Zimbabweans who haven't yet received their special permits to be patient. The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) allows Zimbabweans living in South ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:30hrs | | by Tariro Washinyira I GroundUp
Condemning Israel is not hate speech, SA Appeal Court finds
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) this week delivered a judgment that provided much needed clarity about the meaning of "hate speech" as prohibited in the Equality Act. Understanding wha...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:27hrs | | by Wilmien Wicomb I GroundUp
SA Home Affairs official tears up Zimbabwean child's passport
The Department of Home Affairs is once more embroiled in a legal battle.On September 21, court papers were filed in an application lodged against the minister and the director general (DG) for...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:22hrs | | by Tariro Washinyira, GroundUp
ZimBollar: A guide to Zimbabwe's black market
As Zimbabwe suffers severe money shortages, businesses are closing, food shelves in Harare are emptying and prices of basic commodities, fuel and medicines are soaring. The price of a two-litre bottle...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by GroundUP
Zimbabweans in SA fear elections won't be free and fair
A handful of Zimbabweans living in South Africa picketed outside the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town on Thursday afternoon.According to ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by GroundUp
Zimbabweans in SA having bank accounts 'blocked without notice'
Permit issues are leaving some in SA frustrated when they can't access their money.Some Zimbabweans who are waiting for their new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have found their South African b...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 15:39hrs | | by Bernard Chiguvare, GroundUp
Biggest land occupation in South Africa's Cape Town is taking place
Tensions simmered in Khayelitsha on Monday as residents flouted interdicts preventing occupation of open land at a number of sites.The land occupations in Khayelitsha this past week are among ...Published: 24 May 2017 at 09:02hrs | | by Ashleigh Furlong, GroundUp
South African school withdraws xenophobic immigration letter
Johannesburg - During a week of renewed xenophobic sentiment in Gauteng, a letter from Eastleigh Primary School telling parents to ensure their immigration documents were in order caused controversy a...Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 21:24hrs | | by GroundUP
South Africa Home Affairs office routinely loses asylum documents
Peter, 33, wakes up at 03:00 to catch the train to the Marabastad refugee centre in Pretoria to renew his permit which will have expired by the end of the day. He lives in Tsakane, 80km away.A...Published: 29 Nov 2016 at 09:23hrs | 1928 | by Kimberly Mutandiro, GroundUp
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