Programme News
8 November 2010
(News)
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
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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
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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
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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...
13 October 2010
(Press release)
Press Statement Annette Lovemore DA I The pending legal claims of R6.862 billion against the Department of Home Affairs have been well publicised since the release of the department's 2009/10 annual report during last week. However, what the annual report does not tell the South African public is how much has been spent by the Department on defending legal challenges and on paying the costs of...
11 October 2010
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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
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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...
6 October 2010
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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...
30 September 2010
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Deputy Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba visited the home affairs office in Johannesburg on Wednesday where police had to intervene in scuffles between Zimbabwean nationals earlier this week.Spokesman Bayanda Mzoneli said the minister “just came to make sure the implementation of the amnesty for Zimbabweans with fraudulent documents was going well”.On Tuesday, a woman collapsed when...
30 September 2010
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A woman collapsed when Zimbabweans lining up to claim amnesty at the regional Home Affairs office in Johannesburg were sprayed with a substance by a police officer
This happened around 3pm Monday when disorder broke out amongst the several hundred Zimbabweans queuing at the office in Harrison Street in the Johannesburg CBD.
A witness inside the building saw the spraying take place.
"One in...