Immigration
Border? What border? This is what South Africa’s frontier with Zimbabwe looks like
Trucks, elephants, donkeys and humans cross the Limpopo River freely
By Nathan Geffen, Ihsaan Haffejee and Maanda Bele
Feature | 29 October 2026
High Court to decide on asylum seeker detentions
Home Affairs argues asylum seekers who entered country illegally can be detained
Law | 28 October 2026
March and March protests against immigrant delivery drivers
The group’s leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma singled out a GroundUp journalist who was then threatened by the crowd
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 27 October 2026
Immigrant drivers too scared to enter Gauteng townships
“Independent contractors” for delivery services are being targeted by vigilantes
News | 23 October 2026
Man beaten to death in central Durban
50 people murdered the man in broad daylight on Thursday morning
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 22 October 2026
Life as an asylum seeker in SA’s broken immigration system
For years seeking asylum has been near impossible
By Joseph Chirume and GroundUp Staff
Feature | 22 October 2026
Bellville traders take City of Cape Town, SAPS and anti-immigrant vigilantes to court
The traders want the court to declare threats and acts of intimidation as unfair discrimination
News | 21 October 2026
Court bars anti-immigrant protesters from going near Home Affairs
24 people appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court on Monday
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 12 October 2026
Anti-immigrant mob threatens to burn women and children
Home Affairs backtracks on reopening the asylum system after violent clashes
By Seth Thorne, Joseph Bracken, Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Chirume
News | 9 October 2026