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The White Paper on International Migration was released in July 2017. It sets out a framework for future migration laws in South Africa.
Birth registration in South Africa is a legal right. Accessing it in reality can be difficult, especially for children born to non-South African parents.
The rights of non-nationals to access the South African healthcare system is a complex matter. Laws and policies clash. Medical staff are left confused, and the implementation of laws and policies differs. Meanwhile, the South African healthcare system struggles to …
The framework centers around three mandates of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) namely to manage the official identity and status of persons, manage international migration and to manage asylum seekers and refugees. This White Paper attempts to address previous …
In April this year, Sonke, together with partners, hosted the Department of Happiness Affairs at the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office. During this event, we collected suggestions from asylum seekers and refugees waiting in the queue, on ways in which …
Sonke calls on the Department of Home Affairs to fully comply with the SCA court order.
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The closure of Cape Town’s Refugee Reception Office has had a huge impact on asylum seekers in Cape Town. Watch Sifa’s story. Sonke Gender Justice, the Scalabrini Centre and partners are calling on the Department of Home Affairs to #OpenTheRRO. …
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On Friday 6 April 2018, Sonke Gender Justice, together with various civil society partners, will stage a creative activism event – “The Department of Happiness Affairs”, based on the principles of The Theatre of the Oppressed.1 Refugees and asylum seekers – some …
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In July 2012, the Department of Home Affairs closed the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office (CTRRO) for new asylum applications. The closure meant the CTRRO was no longer fully-functional and would operate only for those asylum-seekers who had lodged claims …
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The Department of Home Affairs has missed its court-ordered deadline to re-open the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office, but civil society has vowed to ensure that the fight to reopen the centre will continue.
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The closure of Cape Town’s Refugee Reception Office in 2012 has had a huge impact on asylum seekers in Cape Town. Like Mariam, who comes from Somalia. Her mother was killed by Islamist militant group, Al-Shabab and she fled to …
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The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) two-day national investigative hearings on migration, xenophobia and social cohesion held on 7 and 8 February 2018 calls on relevant government departments, regulatory bodies, civil society organisations, researchers, academics, media entities, and social …
We call on the Ministry of Police to respond to the SAHRC’s letter with urgency, and no later than 31 January 2018
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In order to break the cycle, we need to engage men and boys. Nowhere is this more clear than in the DRC, where brutality and sexual violence have earned eastern DRC the title, ‘capital of rape.’
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Sonke joins in support of the South African Human Rights Commission in condemning the dangerous utterances by the National Deputy-Minister of Police, Bongani Mkongi, about immigrants and refugees. We believe that Mkongi’s statements are xenophobic and unbecoming of a leader …
In this edition of AfricaGender Indaba… We pay tribute to the world’s refugees. We discover how, in Zimbabwe, poverty and unemployment is driving young men who can’t afford dowry price or lobola to offer themselves up as slaves to families …
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A Senior Trainer for Sonke’s Refugee Health and Rights Portfolio, Micheline Minani Muzaneza reveals the harrowing moment she decided to dedicate her life to pursuing social justice.
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View the gallery of Sonke’s RHR team introducing the PhotoVoice project to Sheikh Anta Diop College in Johannesburg.
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