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ADF/Afrika Awake donate food parcels to Zimbabwean Community in SA
Migrants await their food parcels from the Zimbabwean Community in SA, donated to them by ADF/Afrika Awake on Saturday 27, March, at the Brethren In Christ Church in Hillbrow, Johannesburg
Obama’s Kenyan ‘granny’ dies aged 99
By AFP The former US president’s grandmother died in a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. Sarah Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died aged 99 in western Kenya, her daughter told AFP Monday. “It is true she has gone to be with the Lord, she...
South Africans may be among Moz insurgents
By Nica Richards Since October 2017, 2,660 fatalities have been recorded and more than 700,000 people displaced. Several South Africans might have been involved in the fatal insurgent attacks in Mozambique last week, which saw dozens of people killed and thousands...
In pictures: The Zimbabwean Community in SA donates food vouchers to migrants
The Zimbabwean Community in SA continued with its lockdown activity of donating food vouchers to migrants. The latest donation was carried out at the Hillbrow Brethren In Christ Church in Johannesburg.
Zimbabwe | Reskilling returning refugees
The International Organization for Migration is trying to help migrant returnees get back on their feet in Zimbabwe. Courtesy of #DStv403 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc2ndrtNH-8
SA signs historic agreement for asylum seekers
Asylum seekers in South Africa have been waiting for years, even decades for a decision on their applications. And now, they’ll have an opportunity to be heard. It follows what’s been described as a historic agreement, signed by the United Nations Refugee Agency and...
South African MP wrong to claim 70% of informal economy ‘in hands of non-citizens’: Africa Check
In response to the president’s state of the nation address, a member of parliament questioned why most of South Africa’s informal economy is “in the hands of non-citizens”. But the evidence does not back up his claim. Member of parliament Zungula’s statistic was based...
SA’s economic woes might deepen if there isn’t a reliable electricity supply: Tito Mboweni
Nonkululeko Njilo SA's economy was likely to weaken further if there was no reliable supply of electricity, finance minister Tito Mboweni conceded on Thursday. This comes after Eskom warned citizens to brace themselves for another five years of load-shedding as the...
‘Hands off our African brothers and sisters’: Foundation for Human Rights
Collective amnesia as articulated by Eduardo Hughes Galeano allows short memory of past events, so as to perpetrate negative notions of existence of certain phenomenon. In the past few days in Durban, Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) has observed current media...
ADF MOURNS KING GOODWILL ZWELITHINI
The African Diaspora Forum, the umbrella body of 35 migrants and refugees organizations in South Africa, conveys its heartfelt condolences on the passing on of King Goodwill Zwelithini. The province of KwaZulu-Natal is home to several migrants and refugees from all...