South Africa’s borders may become even more unwelcoming to asylum seekers
Asylum seekers may face greater difficulties entering South Africa once Parliament enacts legislation to create a new agency that will have full control of...
“It’s a shame that an African is asked for a permit...
During the outbreak of xenophobic violence across KwaZulu Natal, some of the activists who tried to stop the attacks were threatened with violence or...
#SowetoAttacks: “No one helps us. No one cares about usâ€
Somali shopkeepers, ousted from their homes and businesses in Soweto during a looting spree last week, have sought refuge in the Johannesburg suburb of...
Migrants in South Africa have access to healthcare: why it’s kicking...
A political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health minister for the Limpopo province – which borders...
Joburg’s Mayor Stays Being Xenophobic, This Time In Rwanda
This past week, the City of Johannesburg executive mayor Herman Mashaba was in Kigali, Rwanda to attend a panel at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation's...
Africa Day: “We still fear being called kwerekwere and our shops...
The South African government is using Africa Day, which commemorates the 25 May 1963Â founding of the Organisation of African Unity, since renamed the Africa...
Immigrants and South Africans stand together against xenophobia
“Look, right now what I would say is it’s very fearful to live in South Africa as an immigrant or refugee or a foreign...
MSF field worker draws parallels between xenophobic attitudes in SA and...
Kate Stegeman is a South African field worker for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a non-governmental organisation that delivers emergency aid to those in need....
Banned in his own country and forced to leave SA under...
LEGESSE SEIFU, a 46-year-old Ethiopian asylum seeker, has been ordered to get out of the country before 28 May (tomorrow) by the South African department...
Stateless man denied residence in SA
Frederik Ngubane, a stateless man who took Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba to court, has had his application for permanent residence denied because he...
“Poverty Contributes To Divisions With African Migrants”
After having witnessed an upsurge in xenophobic attacks in 2015, an Eritrean former shopkeeper and now a PhD candidate in the school of Applied...
“I am more than just an ikwerekwere†– young immigrants speak...
Afrophobia and xenophobia are still a harsh reality for many young immigrants living in South Africa. #Singabantu, a video created by the Sophie A...
Joburg’s nationalistic attitude rears its head in Fattis Mansions, Cape York...
The divergent realities of people evicted from Fattis Mansions last week, and the victims of the Cape York fire, have highlighted Johannesburg’s nationalistic attitudes...
“I Did Not Expect So Much Hate From My Fellow Africans”
Naomi Nseya is a nail beautician and a mother of three from Umbilo. Hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city, Kinshasa, the...
Master Storytelling From Lesley Nneka Arimah
Love, death, magic, reality, immigration and the diaspora, Lesley Nneka Arimah's book What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky has it...
Gigaba faces jail time over stateless man
On Tuesday, Times Live reported that Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba was in contempt of a court order issued by the High Court in Pretoria in...
“All I want is some recognition”
Last week Frederick Ngubane's application for citizenship was denied by the Department of Home Affairs. He remains in South Africa but lives as a stateless person....
