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Helping immigrant children get into schools
The Scalabrini Centre’s #access4EVERYchild campaign is assisting families A Zimbabwean woman, who prefers to stay anonymous, says she had been struggling since last year to get her child into school. She went to every school in Parow, but all refused to enrol her...
“We cannot live like hunted animals” – Spaza owners protest after Port Elizabeth murders
Four Somali spaza owners have been shot and killed in the past week in Nelson Mandela Bay. About 200 immigrant shopkeepers protested on the weekend. They say police do not protect them against extortion rackets. About 200 immigrant spaza shop owners shut their doors...
Daily Maverick report on Zimbabwe State Capture gains international attention
As Maverick Citizen editor Mark Heywood wrote on Tuesday, the report ‘provides a post mortem of the cancer that killed the Zimbabwean dream of freedom and independence’. Daily Maverick’s exclusive report on the massive scale of State Capture and corruption in Zimbabwe...
March Against Slave Trade and Human Trafficking in Libya
We the people of the world, on the African Continent, represented here in South Africa by the African Diaspora Forum (ADF), Faith denominations and community based organisations, trade unions platforms and concerned citizens of the world, have come to you to express...
Invitation to March Against the Slave Trade in Libya
The African Diaspora Forum (ADF); Civil society organisations; churches; trade unions etc... would like to invite everyone of the general public to participate in a march against the ongoing inhuman acts of slave trade and human trafficking in Libya.We...
Exclusive: South Africans can Learn a lot from Zimbabwean’s Bloodless Protests
SOUTH African nationals have praised their Zimbabwean counterparts for shunning violence during protests calling for the resignation of Robert Mugabe in recent days.The aged politician on Tuesday succumbed to pressure from a disillusioned public to quit...
ADF Statement on the Situation in Zimbabwe
The African Diaspora Forum (ADF) would like to congratulate the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) for their timely intervention in trying to resolve the long-standing Zimbabwean political crisis, which has cascaded to the economy and social being of that...
Dodgy Money used to buy Extra Days in Zimbabwe
Unscrupulous immigration officers employed by the Department of Home Affairs at the Beitbridge port of entry are working in cahoots with touts and bus drivers in the sale of entry stamps to desperate travellers visiting South Africa from Zimbabwe.A New Age...
Main Problem on Xenophobia is Government
King Zwelathini of the Zulu people called on foreigners to go home where they came from, regardless (Foreigners must go home). Jacob Zuma's son, Edward, (Zuma's son supports King Zwelithini's shocking statement) supported the king. President Zuma did not...
City of Johannesburg Press Statement
by Executive Mayor, Cllr Herman Mashaba*Protests against foreign nationals are not a cure for joblessness and crime*I am deeply concerned to hear reports of xenophobic attacks and planned protests which aim to target foreign nationals residing within...