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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo: File
AARON MOTSOALEDI

Amended Refugee Act restricts fundamental rights

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the year, saying they serve to tie up…

  • Nation Nyoka
10 min read
Déjà vu: A woman walks past the aftermath of xenophobic mayhem in Alexandra this week, which may be linked to internalised hatred and the country’s violent past. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
AFRICAN DIASPORA FORUM

Attacks point to ‘deeply entrenched’ xenophobic attitudes

It is more than a decade since the 2008 attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, during which more than 60 people were killed

  • Thando Maeko
3 min read
Passport to education: Undocumented children still have the right to an education. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN DIASPORA FORUM

Migrant children’s education must be ensured, not promised

Although the education of children of immigrants is protected in the Bill of Rights, it is labelled an offence in the Immigration Act

  • Manos Antoninis
4 min read