Articles for Joseph Bracken
Hundreds protest new land occupation law in Durban and Joburg
Activists fear amendment bill will criminalise poor and landless people, and those who help them
By Joseph Bracken, Ihsaan Haffejee and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 12 June 2026
Housing project for KZN flood victims creeps forward
Hundreds more families are in rented emergency accommodation
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 1 June 2026
Legally in SA but scared to go home: 150 immigrants camping at Durban Home Affairs
People driven from their neighbourhoods by anti-immigrant groups have spent five days moving between a police station, a church centre and Home Affairs
News | 22 May 2026
Shops shut as anti-immigrant protesters march through Durban
Over 1,000 take part in March and March demonstration
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 6 May 2026
Investigation into beating by Ensure guards is still ongoing, say eThekwini municipality
This follows CCTV footage showing a homeless person being assaulted by Ensure security guards in December. Despite this, the Denis Hurley Centre says complaints of beatings by guards continue.
Brief | 28 April 2026
Durban organisations come together to fight xenophobia
But dozens of shops were closed in the city centre as the March and March “clean-up” continued
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 23 April 2026
Metro cops warn March and March protesters to behave
Businesses along the march route remained closed
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 17 April 2026
Anti-immigrant protesters harass people in Durban
Shopkeeper alleges protesters stabbed his brother
By Joseph Bracken, Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Bongane Motaung
Brief | 15 April 2026
“Clean-up campaign” in Durban turns into witch hunt for immigrants
“This is unlawful, and the police have to act to arrest people”
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 14 April 2026