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192 Zimbabweans refused entry into South Africa
MORE than 107 000 people used Sadc's busiest port of entry and exit, Beitbridge Border Post between Sunday and Friday last week, a 1,6 percent increase from last year during the Easter holidays....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mother of 5 told to return to Zimbabwe after 28 years in SA
A 43-year-old Zimbabwe born woman who relocated to neighbouring South Africa in 1990 has had her documents confiscated by SA Home Affairs and told to return to Zimbabwe.According to Daily Sun,...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim children in SA miss exams as Home Affairs sends them from city to city
SOUTH Africa: Three Zimbabwean refugee children‚ aged seven‚ 12 and 14‚ have been out of school for two weeks and missed examinations because they had to travel from Johannesburg to Cape Town to...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by TimesLive.com
Zimbabweans buying fake permits to get her children into schools
Zimbabwean families caught between the departments of home affairs and education are resorting to buying fake documents in order to register their children at schools in South Africa.Some scho...Published: 11 May 2018 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malusi Gigaba pays Beitbridge surprise visit
South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Mr Malusi Gigaba yesterday made a surprise visit to Beitbridge Border Post following reports of dereliction of duty by immigration officers at the port of entry. M...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parents of deported Zimbabwean kids arrested
FIRST their children were taken away from them‚ now Zimbabwean parents living in South Africa are behind bars.Eight children were repatriated last week‚ marking the end of a legal battle b...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans panic as permit deadline approaches
Following months of uncertainty surrounding their stay in South Africa, thousands of Zimbabweans are now fretting over bank threats to freeze their accounts this month-end when their permits expire....Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by CAJ News
SA minister to announce conditions for Zimbabwe Special Permit conditions
The Minister of Home Affairs, Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize, will on Friday, 08 September 2017, announce the conditions and processes to be followed for the re-application of the Zimbabwean Special Permit....Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 13:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Zimbabwean miners feared dead in SA shaft explosion
ZIMBABWEANS are feared to be among the people who died in a blast that happened at a disused mine in South Africa where 29 bodies have been retrieved while 11 people were rescued.The accident ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
South Africa deports over 10 000 Zimbabweans
Over 10 000 Zimbabweans have been deported from South Africa since last year, with the country's neighbour north of the Limpopo River spending R33 million every month on extraditing illegal immigrants...Published: 18 May 2017 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Citizenship for children born to foreign parents in SA under investigation
Cape Town - A child born in South Africa does not automatically qualify for South African citizenship if their parents are foreign, ...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA introduces biometric capturing system at Beitbridge border post
South Africa has introduced a biometric capturing system for travellers visiting or leaving that country via Beitbridge Border Post.Pretoria adopted the new programme in July 2014, but its impleme...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA authorities begin raids on foreigners
South Africa's Home Affairs department has started raiding companies employing illegal foreigners around Gauteng Province to diffuse xenophobia related violence targeted at mostly Africans in the ...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans raided in South Africa amid xenophobia attacks.
Zimbabweans working in South Africa and other foreign national risk being deported anytime as that country's Home Affairs department has started raiding companies employing illegal foreigners ar...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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
SA school bars Zimbabwean pupils
A NUMBER of foreigners - mainly Zimbabweans staying in Johannesburg in South Africa - are stranded after a principal at Muzomuhle Primary School barred them from enrolling their children for the 2016 ...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
SA deploys 78 officers to Beitbridge border
SOUTH Africa has deployed 78 immigration officers to Beitbridge Border Post to facilitate quick movement of human and vehicular traffic during the festive season, an official said yesterday.Ho...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 05:29hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter I DM
Zimbabwean couple slapped with SA travel ban, wants it reversed
Pretoria - A Zimbabwean couple has approached the South African embassy in Harare seeking a reversal of the one year travel prohibition imposed on them by Home Affairs officials at the Beitbridge bor...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 20:19hrs | 3 | by Agencies
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