Tag Archives: refugees
Helping Cape Town’s refugees
Adonis Musati Project was established in 2007 commemoration of a Zimbabwean refugee who died of starvation on the doorstep of the government office in Cape Town where he was trying to apply for asylum. The project provides vital humanitarian support … Continue reading
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Zimbabweans – South Africa’s second class citizens
This video from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) outlines the struggles Zimbabweans face in South Africa.
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While the politicians bicker, Zimbabwe starves
While the Zimbabwean unity deal remains in deadlock, the country continues its spiralling descent into a humanitarian crisis. Food and resources are available for only the wealthiest. Starvation is becoming widespread. Below is a video on the starvation crisis from … Continue reading
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The Zanu-PF Fan Club (also known as the ANC)
Robert Mugabe is one lucky dictator, being in the enviable position of having outsourced his foreign diplomacy efforts to the South African government. By preventing a discussion in the United Nations Security Council on Zimbabwe’s political situation, South Africa is … Continue reading
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SA thugs burn another Mozambican man to death
According to this BBC report, an angry mob in Atteridgeville, a township near Pretoria, stoned and then set a Mozambican man alight. This comes only a few weeks after pictures of a man burning alive were splashed across the pages … Continue reading
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Mkwere mkwere memories: ‘The police — they just laugh at us’
The two Congolese men that arrive on the church’s doorstep look shaken and defeated. They explain that their house in Samora Machel has been ransacked and burnt down; there is nowhere for them to go. Could they spend the night … Continue reading
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Anti-xenophobia march in Cape Town
Below is a press release from the refugee advocacy group PASSOP providing details on a march to Parliament on Saturday, 17 May. If you’re in town, be there!! Press release from PASSOP PASSOP (People Against Suffering Suppression Oppression and Poverty) … Continue reading
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