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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Article from Sunday Times Daily The SA Human Rights Commission says it is “deeply concerned” over violent attacks on foreign vendors in Durban that left several people injured and traumatised over the past two days. Police and metro police responded to violent clashes...
By Tariro Washinyira The UNHCR and Home Affairs have announced a US$9.6-million asylum seeker backlog project. On Monday, the Department of Home Affairs, the Refugee Appeals Authority and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a...