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Zimbabwe investment, repatriation conference set for Joburg
THE African Development Consortium (ADC) formerly known as the Migrant Workers' Association (MWA-SA) has organised a conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, on investment and repatriation at a time ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Expelled Ndebele chief challenges SA on Zimbabwe crisis
United-Kingdom-based former Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has challenged South Africa to intervene in the Zimbabwean political crisis as sporadic xenophobic attacks start simmering again...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants making it big in South Africa
WHEN he made the decision to leave the country and cross the border into South Africa several years ago, his family and his peers tried to dissuade him, telling him he was putting his life in danger u...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
South Africa bans Zimbabwe health workers
SOUTH Africa's Public Health Department's Directorate has started rejecting applications by health workers from Zimbabwe on grounds that its neighbour is currently facing a staff crisis due to migrati...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented Zimbabweans denied vaccination in South Africa
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are reportedly failing to get COVID-19 jabs due to lack of identity documents. This is despite assurances by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the st...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners hail SA govt on inclusive COVID-19 vaccination
ZIMBABWEAN immigrants in South Africa have hailed the government in the neighbouring country for disclosing that its COVID-19 vaccination policy will not discriminate against foreigners.This w...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks resurface in SA
THE African Diaspora Global Network (ADGN) and Migrants Workers' Association-SA (MWA-SA), organisations led by Zimbabweans in South Africa have expressed concern over the renewed attacks and burning o...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabweans edgy over planned anti-foreigner demo
ZIMBABWEAN migrant workers based in South Africa yesterday expressed fears after South Africans circulated videos of a planned demonstration to force their government to kick out foreigners whom they ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA slammed for giving Zimbabwe migrants preference
THE Migrant Workers' Association-South Africa (MWA-SA) has lashed out at the South African government for only considering Zimbabwean migrants in the special permit dispensation, leaving out undocumen...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
MWA-SA Statement on the extension of ZSPs
The Migrant Workers' Association-SA (MWA-SA) is grateful but is not fully satisfied with the decision by the South African government to limit the extension of permits to the holders of Zimbabwe Speci...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 21:02hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi (Acting Chairperson - MWA-SA)
Migrant Workers Association South Africa engage SA Trade Unions
The Migrant Workers Association South Africa National Coordinator Butholezwe Nyathi has said his union has managed to engage the South African Trade Unions in an effort to assist the migrant workers i...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 05:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cosatu affiliate engage Migrant workers union for mobilization of foreign domestic worker
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has engaged the Migrant workers union to loobby the foreign domestic workers to join it to fight for proper working conditions.This was revealed...Published: 21 Nov 2015 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Massive school dropouts predicted
IMMIGRANTS welfare bodies in South Africa and civic society groups have warned that the recent job losses experienced in Zimbabwe and cessation of "absentee" teachers' salaries by government could cau...Published: 07 Sep 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo step up campaign, get Zinwa to drill a borehole
Information minister Jonathan Moyo has upped his by-election campaign in Tsholotsho North by having Zinwa drilling a borehole in the constituency.Moyo, who has since declared clinching the se...Published: 12 May 2015 at 13:15hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
SA starts deportation of foreigners
A representative of the organisation working to assist Zimbabweans in South Africa has said the neighbouring country has started the deportations of foreigners amid revelations Zimbabweans are lik...Published: 08 May 2015 at 06:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Deportation of foreigners intensifies in South Africa
As people might be aware, deportations have started on a serious note. This is in reaction to the issues raised by South Africans regarding the number of foreigners, especially the illegal/undocumente...Published: 06 May 2015 at 12:43hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi
Zimbabweans face court challenges over 'fake' SA IDs
Scores of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are living in desperate situation as some are now being dragged to the courts after they surrendered their South African Identity particulars in order to ...Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 15:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Special Permit rejects
We are receiving the people whose ZSP applications have been REJECTED. In one of the Stakeholders Forum meeting and somewhere in the website, it is (was) mentioned that there will be NO APPEAL....Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 22:35hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi
Crisis at Beitbridge border post
THERE is reportedly commotion and crisis at the Beitbridge border post as Zimbabweans returning to South Africa after the festive holiday are reportedly only being given five days to be in that countr...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA-bound traffic surges as Zimbos return to base
THE volume of human and vehicular traffic has drastically increased at Beitbridge Border Post as many Zimbabweans return to their South African bases. Long queues of South Africa-boun...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MWA-SA Festive Season Wishes
The Migrant Workers' Association-SA( MWA-SA) wishes all migrant workers a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015.We are aware that most of us are migrant workers from within the host countr...Published: 24 Dec 2014 at 12:15hrs | | by Dr. V. Sibanda, Secretary General (MWA-SA)
ZSP applications concerns and warning
It is about 2 weeks before the process of online applications for the renewal of the 2010 DZP permits to ZSP 2014 permits comes to an end on the 31st of December 2014.After the teething hiccup...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 08:10hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi (National Coordinator-MWA-SA)
Home Affairs meeting update - Zimbabwe permits
The meeting with the Home Affairs Directors, VFS, the SAPS went on today in Pretoria.The process is being rectified to cope with the pressure. People are encouraged to apply because time is mo...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 19:53hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi
Crucial information for Zimbabweans in South Africa
We want people to be independent and to be able to get their applications through within the given 3 months period from the 1st of October to the 31st of December 2014. One way of doing so will be to ...Published: 16 Aug 2014 at 15:51hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi
Mass deportation of Zimbabweans will create a crisis
Mass deportation of Zimbabweans from South Africa is not going to solve anything. In actual fact, it will create a crisis.As South Africa prepares to elab...Published: 24 May 2014 at 21:05hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi
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