Perils and Pitfalls – Migrants and Deportation in South Africa

Relatives pray outside after visiting detainees inside Lindela Detention Centre, Krugersdorp, South Africa

In association with PASSOP This report brings to light the discrepancies between the legal requirements around deportation of migrants and the anomalies in its practical application. It is clear from the findings that South Africa is falling short of its lofty legal standards in the manner that the various government agencies are dealing with this […]

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Tue, June 5 2012 » Diaspora, Human rights, Reports » 2 Comments

Perils and Pitfalls – a film by Sydelle Willow Smith

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Tue, June 5 2012 » Diaspora, Human rights » No Comments

“Hard Times” Matabeleland: urban deindustrialization – and rural hunger

A pregnant woman stands in her empty kitchen, rural Gwanda, October 2011.

SPT Report Nationally, Zimbabwe is more food secure at the end of 2011 than it has been for several years. However, parts of Zimbabwe suffered serious crop failure earlier this year and a million people are still predicted to need supplementary feeding. In Gwanda, Matabeleland South, the authors found that almost half of households indicated […]

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Wed, November 2 2011 » Human rights, Reports » No Comments

The Solidarity Peace Trust urges humane treatment of Zimbabwean Refugees

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The Solidarity Peace Trust condemns the relentless harassment of Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa at a time when Zanu PF is once again terrorising Zimbabweans in some parts of their country. We draw South Africa’s attention to the fact that Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) members and supporters are once again being abducted or arrested […]

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Mon, February 21 2011 » Diaspora, Human rights, Press Releases, Zimbabwe Update » No Comments

Reflections on Human Rights Discourse and Emancipation in Africa in the Twenty-first Century

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By Professor Mike Neocosmos – Centre for Humanities Research UWC, South Africa At the very time when it most often mouths the word, the West has never been further from being able to live a true humanism – a humanism made to the measure of the world (Aimé Césaire). Whoever is engaged in popular struggles […]

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Fri, February 4 2011 » Human rights, Zimbabwe Review » No Comments