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Girl 'detained for not carrying ID, accused of being foreigner': SAHRC opens investigation

The South African Human Rights Commission’s office in Gauteng has launched an investigation into a complaint about the reported arrest and detention of a minor by police officials for not carrying an identity document.

Gauteng , South-africa , South-african , African-human-rights-commission , South-african-human-rights-commission , Officials , Sahrc , Complainant , Investigation , Girl , Saps

Families living in abandoned police training facility evicted, deported

Limpopo authorities have arrested and deported hundreds of people, including 32 children, after evicting them from an abandoned police training facility.

Zimbabwe , Mozambique , Maleoskop , Mpumalanga , South-africa , Groblersdal , Eritrea , Mozambicans , Zimbabweans , Eritrean , Gen-thembi-hadebe , Malesela-ledwaba

December extension for Zimbabweans living in South Africa on exemption permits

A six-month extension has been granted for the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) due to the high number of applications.

Zimbabwe , Zimbabweans , Zimbabwean , Aaron-motsoaledi , Zimbabwean-exemption-permit , Zep , Zimbabwe-extension-permit , South-africa-immigration , Migrants , Foreign-policy , Afrophobia

TESSA DOOMS | Rise in echo chambers and cancel culture threatens ideas in our politics

On the one hand we have politicians who rehearse the same ideologies, and on the other we have new parties that reject ideas altogether

Twitter , Ideas , South-african , Tessa-dooms-rise , Post-da , Eff , Da , Anc , Herman-mashaba , Mmusi-maimane , Tiktok

Shun ethnic rivalry and corruption, pope tells youth on African visit

Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to forge a new future without ethnic rivalry, corruption and distrust that have fuelled bloody conflicts in Africa.

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KENOSI MOSALAKAE | Afrophobia and prejudice with no power is harmless

Hypersensitivity or hyper-reaction to words that display Afrophobia is not a solution to anything except emotional aggrandisement.

Kenosi-mosalakae , Comment-policy , Afrophobia , Africans , Earth , Nazis , African , Afrophobics , European , Jews , Sowetan

No, you can't turn the R480 Sassa child grant into R38,520

The department has compiled a detailed fact-check response to the falsehoods in the blog claiming that a syndicate can fraudulently claim R38,520 monthly in grants from Sassa.

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Ramathuba's bedside manner unacceptable

The manner in which Limpopo health MEC Phophi Ramathuba confronted a Zimbabwean patient at Bela Bela Hospital was shockingly inappropriate.

Zimbabwe , Zimbabweans , Zimbabwean , Stanley-mathabatha , Phophi-ramathuba , Bela-hospital , Special-investigating-unit , Mec , Manner , Woman , Hr260822

Use your pulpits to discourage xenophobia, pastors urged

The government must play an active role in teaching citizens about coexisting with foreign communities in SA to combat xenophobia.

Burundi , Umlazi , Kwazulu-natal , South-africa , South-korea , Zimbabwe , Kwazulu , Eastern-cape , Durban , Congo , Sipho-sokhela , Natal-christian-council