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South Africa: Covid grant extension is a lifeline for asylum seekers
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Politics and Society South Africa: Covid grant extension is a lifeline for asylum seekers

By Tariro Washinyira on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Asylum seekers and citizens from Lesotho, Angola and Zimbabwe with special permits were excluded from Covid-19 assistance until a court ordered in June that they also get the Covid-19 relief grant.

Priest helps struggling Malawians with food parcels
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Politics and Society Priest helps struggling Malawians with food parcels

By Tariro Washinyira on September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Destitute immigrants receive no help from government and can’t afford to return home.

Funeral collectives help Malawians repatriate the dead
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Arts, Culture and Sport Funeral collectives help Malawians repatriate the dead

By Tariro Washinyira on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

Repatriation of the dead to Malawi is costly for immigrants when loved ones die in South Africa, and since Covid-19 struck it has become more expensive and more complicated. When a Malawian immigrant dies in South Africa, families face bills of over R20,000 to get the body home.

South Africa: Zimbabweans in limbo after giving Home Affairs asylum papers
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Politics and Society South Africa: Zimbabweans in limbo after giving Home Affairs asylum papers

By Tariro Washinyira on September 7, 2018

Special dispensation was meant to regularise undocumented Zimbabweans living in South Africa, but left many undocumented for years.

South Africa: Refugee organisation condemns raids by Home Affairs
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Politics and Society South Africa: Refugee organisation condemns raids by Home Affairs

By Tariro Washinyira on May 15, 2018

The South African government says it will continue to enforce immigration legislation with “full might of the law” and “no respite”.

Zimbabwe’s nurses complain of poor working conditions
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Politics and Society Zimbabwe’s nurses complain of poor working conditions

By Tariro Washinyira on May 8, 2018

Union says government needs to go back to the drawing board.

South Africa: Home Affairs ignores court order
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Politics and Society South Africa: Home Affairs ignores court order

By Tariro Washinyira on April 5, 2018

Scores of asylum seekers were turned away at Foreshore office in Cape Town, South Africa. The Foreshore offices turned away new refugee applicants from the DRC, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Somalia and elsewhere.

South Africa: Shoddy treatment by Home Affairs wrecks families
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Politics and Society South Africa: Shoddy treatment by Home Affairs wrecks families

By Tariro Washinyira on March 28, 2018

Lack of transparency and arbitrary policies fail to protect families of refugees, says civil society organisation.

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Politics and Society Zimbabweans afraid to go home for Christmas

By Tariro Washinyira on November 11, 2014

Zimbabweans who do not have one of the newly introduced Special Dispensation Permits risk problems on their return to South Africa from their annual holiday

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