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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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Skiing in the Dolomites
The dream skiing holiday requires appropriate preparation and the choice of the best location. A guarantee of the appropriate weather? Great skiing conditions? Rich tourist infrastructure? You will fi...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 10:59hrs | 12 | by Staff Writer
SA-based Zimbabwean gay couple demand rights back home
SHINGIRAI Musekiwa and Elton Chibhebhe fled Zimbabwe to come to South Africa because they are gay.Now based in Langa, the activist couple is fighting for the human rights of Zimbabwean homosex...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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A BLIND Zimbabwean living in South Africa has lost his disability grant after his refugee status was withdrawn.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
Zimbabweans in limbo after giving SA home affairs asylum papers
In 2009, the South African government introduced the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) to legalise the many Zimbabweans already inside the country because of the political and socio-economic s...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
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 | | by The Citizen
Zimbabweans fear SA deportation
CAPE TOWN - The immigrant rights group People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty (Passop) is concerned that hundreds of Zimbabweans are being told to leave South Africa imminently.Passop...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter I DM
SA based activists call for focus on plight of Zimbabweans
AS ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe landed in Pretoria on his first state visit to SA since 1994, activists and Zimbabwean exiles called for a focus on the issues facing the country and its citi...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man stranded in SA's most dangerous prison
A Zimbabwean man, Simbarashe Mariga, has been in Pollsmoor prison, which hosts one of the most dangerous prisoner in Africa, for more than 20 days without appearing in court.Mariga, 44, told ...Published: 07 Apr 2015 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lindela detentions unlawful and unconstitutional,' says SA High Court
Johannesburg - The South African High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that the detention of migrants at the Lindela Repatriation Centre is unlawful and unconstitutional, the SA Human Rights Commi...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 20:52hrs | | by Sapa
Zimbabweans face SA permits backlog
CAPE TOWN - At the end of this year, special permits granted to Zimbabweans living in South Africa will start to expire. Which is a problem for Alice, seeing as she's still waiting on hers, four years...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 17:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gigaba's appointment as HA minister looks good for Zimbabweans
Johannesburg - South Africa President Jacob Zuma on Sunday appointed former Minister of Public Enterprises in the government of South Africa Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba (Malusi Gigaba) to Hom...Published: 25 May 2014 at 21:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Changing SA permit laws, Zimbabweans urged not to panic
Zimbabweans in South Africa are being urged not to 'panic' over changes to work permit laws set to come into force later this year, with a leading refugee rights group saying it will engage the author...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 18:23hrs | | by Alex Bell
Zimbabwe embassy opens SA consulate office in Cape Town
THE Zimbabwe embassy in South Africa has opened a consulate office in Cape Town in a move aimed at facilitating easy processing of documents for thousands of Zimbabweans in that country, a refugee rig...Published: 29 Sep 2013 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA slams door on Zimbabweans
Concerns have been raised that South Africa could tighten screws on its policy on Zimbabwean asylum-seekers following the recent elections that were declared free and fair by regional powers....Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe asylum seekers in SA refuse refugee protection
A growing number of Zimbabwean asylum seekers in South Africa are reporting being refused refugee protection, amid fears that the decision to endorse the Zim elections has resulted in a change of immi...Published: 07 Sep 2013 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Search for missing activist 'Paul Chizuze' continues
The search for an activist who disappeared a year ago is continuing, with friends, family and colleagues refusing to give up on him.Paul Chizuze was last seen on the evening of February 8th la...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA gets tough on Zim asylum-seekers
A refugee rights group says South Africa's Home Affairs department's refugee status determination officials need rigorous training to grasp what factors cause people to seek asylum in the country....Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
More than 7 000 Zimbabweans deported from South Africa
More than 7 000 Zimbabweans were deported from South Africa between January and March this year, according to a joint report by the Solidarity Peace Trust (SPT) and People Against Suffering Oppressio...Published: 05 Jun 2012 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans sent home close to 7billion rand last year
Zimbabweans remitted between 5.1-6.8 billion rand ($700-850 million) from South Africa last year, PASSOP has said.A new research titled , "Strangling the Lifeline √ɬ¢√¢‚Äö¬¨√...Published: 10 Apr 2012 at 12:16hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Zimbabwean man beaten up at a South African refugee centre
Cape Town - A Zimbabwean man was allegedly beaten up by security guards at the Maitland refugee reception centre, in Cape Town, on Thursday, according to a news report.Police and home affairs...Published: 26 Jan 2012 at 18:20hrs | | by Sapa
Rights groups in South Africa fighting to stop asylum seekers from working and studying
Rights groups in South Africa have begun fighting efforts by that country to ...Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 10:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SA Home Affairs denies flouting a moratorium on Zim deportations
South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday denied that her department is flouting a moratorium on the deportation of unregistered Zimbabweans.Zimbabweans who have...Published: 07 Oct 2011 at 05:19hrs | | by -
South Africa's DHA is to blame for undocumented people in the country
At the end of July 2011, the South African government plans to lift the moratorium on deportations to Zimbabwe and will probably start the deportation of all undocumented Zimbabweans living in South ...Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 15:44hrs | | by Mandisi Majavu
Zimbabweans in South Africa should be respected: Rights Group
Zimbabweans in South Africa should receive access to basic rights and services without prejudice, as thousands of Zimbabweans had been denied this access despite being in the final stages of receivi...Published: 27 Jun 2011 at 17:34hrs | | by Sapa
Zimbabweans in South Africa can collect their passports in Cape Town
Alex Bell of SW reports that the Zimbabwean authorities in South Africa have finally relented in its initial refusal to deliver passports to its citizens in Cape Town, amid ongoing pressure to finali...Published: 26 Apr 2011 at 17:20hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Zimbabwe passports ready for collection in South Africa
Passports of Zimbabweans who have applied for the documents are ready for collection, the Zimbabwe consulate in South Africa said."We are currently dealing with applic...Published: 07 Apr 2011 at 07:16hrs | | by Byo24News
Dlamini-Zuma the key over Zim refugees
THE Zimbabwean refugee group Passop says it will cancel plans to demonstrate if Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma makes a breakthrough in today's meeting with her counterparts in Zimb...Published: 22 Feb 2011 at 04:39hrs | | by Byo24News
No Zimbabwean migrants Deportations until March
Undocumented Zimbabwean migrants were given until 31 December 2010 to regularize their stay in South Africa, but this has been extended to 31 March, and problems with issuing passports by the Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Jan 2011 at 01:31hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Anger in SA over Zim passport freeze
Zimbabweans in South Africa have expressed their anger over their government's decision to suspend issuing new passports, after a small fire in Harare's Registrar General's office.Registrar Ge...Published: 06 Jan 2011 at 12:39hrs | | by Byo24
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