1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (712+ words) The Constitutional Court has ruled that people whose asylum applications have already been rejected cannot submit fresh applications based on new reasons for claiming asylum. At the heart of the case was whether the Refugees Act protects so-called "sur place…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (413+ words) A warm bed, daily meals and permission to stay for up to six months, can be a life saver for destitute asylum seekers. The Bienvenu Shelter, an initiative of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters in Bertrams, Johannesburg, provides this for up…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (719+ words) Home Affairs published a draft White Paper in December on citizenship that adopts the First Safe Country Principle as its guiding principle. Illustration: Lisa Nelson In December, the Department of Home Affairs published the Draft Revised White Paper on Citizenship,…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (305+ words) The marquee tent housing a group of refugees at Wingfield in Maitland, Cape Town, since 2020, has been destroyed in a fire that broke out on Thursday. The group had been among the hundreds of refugees who protested outside the United…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (417+ words) An application to evict hundreds of refugees from emergency accommodation at Wingfield in Maitland and Paint City in Bellville has been set down for a court hearing on 13 April 2026. The City of Cape Town and the national departments of Home…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (630+ words) As a refugee, you have the right to fair work conditions and equal access to benefits like the UIF, medical, and provident fund if others at your workplace receive them. The Scalabrini Centre explained that the ability to work or…...