These govern the return of asylum seekers back to their home country because they're merely a month late in renewing a visa.
Africa Check takes a closer look at this recent claim by South African politician and businessperson Herman Mashaba.
There's been a spate of violence on trucks where at least 29 of them were targeted in the past week allegedly in protest to the employment of foreign nationals in the sector.
The foreigners were being sheltered at two facilities after being moved there in April from the city centre.
The Home Affairs Department said that it had started the process of deporting 20 foreign nationals who were protesting at the church in Cape Town's CBD in October last year.
Some members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans (MKMVA) in KwaZulu-Natal accompanied by homeless people are believed to have been among those who ransacked and shut down shops owned by foreign nationals.
Hundreds of refugees were accommodated at the two sites earlier this year after staging protests in the CBD for months.
A small group of people marched in Pretoria on 16 October 2020 under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst, saying that foreign nationals were to blame for the country’s high crime rate and unemployment.
Kabiru Bala was addressing protesters outside the Nigerian Embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon.
Under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst, small groups of people marched from Church Square to the Nigerian Embassy, saying government failed to put South Africans first.
Several organisations under the banner #PutSouthAfricaFirst are marching towards the Nigerian and Zimbabwean embassies to call for locals to be prioritised.
The group said xenophobia remained widespread in South Africa despite a government action plan rolled out in May 2019 to combat 'intolerance'.
The department said lawfully issued visas which expired from the 15 February and during the nationwide lockdown were valid until the end of October.
The drivers claim that South African companies choose to employ foreign drivers over citizens and say they make up about 90% of the workforce.
"COVID does not ask for your nationality before it affects you and your pocket... it’s like the doors never shut.”
The R350 per month special grant is meant to help those who have no access to any other kind of social support and can't work because of the lockdown.
The cente said before taking government to court, it had written to the Department of Social Development, Sassa, and the Presidency.
The special COVID-19 grant is open to South African citizens, refugee status holders and permanent residents only.
