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1 December 2010
South African authorities have warned that any applications for work and other permits made by Zimbabweans after a December 31 deadline will not be accepted. Zimbabweans living illegally in South Africa have been given until the end of the year to regularise their stay in the country, by obtaining relevant work or study permits. Pretoria has said it will resume deporting undocumented Zimbabweans...
30 November 2010
After years of being told about the millions of illegal foreigners in the country who are responsible for the high crime rate and who deprive South Africans of jobs and housing, the government has suddenly managed to lose a million Zimbabweans. Where did they go? In the past we've heard about our porous borders and the quantities of foreigners flooding the country.
While the department of...
25 November 2010
Comments by Minister Dlamini Zuma
Thank you very much for your patience. I will not elaborate anymore since Ronnie has assured me he has explained.
Well, as you know, we have this process with the Zimbabweans to document them and try to regularise their stay in South Africa. So, we felt that since the deadline for this process is the 31 December 2010 it is important to meet with them to hear from...
22 November 2010
BRIEFING TO MEDIA BY HOME AFFAIRS DIRECTOR-GENERAL MKUSELI APLENI ON THE JOINT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE
Home Affairs Ministerial Offices, 909 Arcadia Street, Arcadia,11 November 2010
Pretoria - Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, today Thursday 11 November 2010, is happy to announce that refugees and asylum permit holders will...
8 November 2010
Sheree Bega, IOL news I November 6 2010
Human rights groups have expressed outrage at a massive crime blitz that saw police officers round up foreign nationals in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Human rights groups have expressed their outrage at a massive crime blitz in Hillbrow this week that saw police officers round up foreign nationals, mainly Zimbabweans, while Home Affairs officials...
27 October 2010
Lawyers for Human Rights on Tuesday told Parliament changes to the Refugee Act could increase backlogs. The organisation joined rights groups and NGOs at public hearings on the Refugee Amendment Bill.
The proposed legislation aims to establish a Refugee Status Determination Committee to oversee asylum applications instead of leaving the process to one official. Lawyers for Human Rights...
17 October 2010
The deputy director-general of immigration services, Jackie MacKay, has now been found guilty of contempt of court for "blatantly ignoring" an order by acting Judge Roelof du Plessis. This after MacKay refused to release an unlawfully detained woman despite two orders by the judge to do so. The judge handed down his scathing judgment in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday...
15 October 2010
Scores of homeless people living on a piece of land near Moreleta Park have been left without a roof over their head after their structures were destroyed by Joint Venture security guards yesterday. The people said the security guards - also known as the Red Ants - were accompanied by Tshwane Metro Police officers.
The homeless people, some of whom claim they have been living there for more...
11 October 2010
NGOs would like to take the opportunity of this 61st Executive Committee meeting to address a number of particularly urgent country-specific protection concerns, as well as highlight some more general protection challenges worldwide. South African NGOs have made a request for the Zimbabwean Regularisation Process deadline to be extended until 30th June 2011.
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6 October 2010
Johannesburg — THE sun beat down on the thousands of hats, umbrellas, blankets and bare heads in a queue of Zimbabwean migrants in Harrison Street in the Johannesburg city centre yesterday. Many have been waiting here since the night before, sleeping on the street in an attempt to be close to the front of the line when the office doors open so they can submit their applications for...