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Zimbabwean gay denied asylum in SA
A REPORT released recently by several civil society organisations has found evidence that LGBT refugees are being denied asylum in South Africa despite being "eligible for protection under internation...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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
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 | 1 | by Tariro Washinyira, GroundUp
URGENT: Zimbabweans who worked for Wenela eligible for compensation
if you know of any mine worker who used to work in the South African mines and contracted silicosis or TB, may you get in touch with Ms. Phephelaphi Dube. These persons may be eligible for com...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 09:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's immunity under threat
TWO South African minority rights groups have piled pressure on the South African High Court to strip Zimbabwe's former First Lady Grace Mugabe of her diplomatic immunity, so that she could be prosecu...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How SA Home Affairs has been putting asylum seekers at risk
In July 2012 the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) closed its Refugee Reception Office (RRO) in Cape Town. Despite two court orders to do so and devastating consequences for asylum seekers, it has fail...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 22:09hrs | 2 | by Leigh Hamilton
Children born in SA to foreign parents entitled to apply for citizenship, Court rules
Johannesburg - Children born in SA to foreign parents are entitled to apply for citizenship, the Western Cape High Court ruled on Thursday, the Legal Resources Centre said."The LRC are p...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
South Africa 'secretly deporting Zimbabweans'
Asylum seekers The Citizen spoke to said 'it seems to be up to your luck if you get asked to go to the "deportation room"'.According to two Malawian brothers who have been living in South ...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by The Citizen
Malema's EFF calls for invasion of unoccupied land
The Economic Freedom Fighters on Tuesday called for the invasion of unoccupied land in the country."We must invade unoccupied land and also engage the Legal Resources Centre to assist thos...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 13:24hrs | | by Sapa
Diasporan seeks eviction of elderly Romney Park woman
AN ELDERLY woman from Romney Park in Bulawayo faces eviction from a house after the death of her husband who had reportedly agreed with his employer that she would buy the couple a house after ...Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 05:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA govt set to review immigrants' rights
THE SOUTH AFRICA government is reported to have instituted a "review" of the minimum rights to which immigrants are entitled. This will affect most of the Zimbabwean immigrants that are currently in ...Published: 27 Nov 2011 at 13:14hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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