Foreign nationals
Asylum seekers, special permit holders now have access to COVID-19 grant
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.
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Foreign nationals also deserve assistance with COVID-19 relief funds - NPO
The cente said before taking government to court, it had written to the Department of Social Development, Sassa, and the Presidency.
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Govt facing court action over foreign nationals' access to COVID-19 grant
The special COVID-19 grant is open to South African citizens, refugee status holders and permanent residents only.
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'We are struggling': COVID 19 lockdown hits some foreign nationals hard
On 26 March 2020, South Africa entered a nationwide lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of national disaster, introducing several regulations to help curb the spread of COVID-19, including the closure of schools, businesses and travel bans on passengers from high-risk countries. Eyewitness News spoke to some foreign nationals who said they were suffering while the lockdown continues.
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Durban Point raid nets 15 undocumented foreign nationals, fake goods
Authorities said that the suspects were found operating unregistered businesses.
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Motsoaledi seeks probe into legality of CoCT moving foreign nationals
Hundreds of foreigners were taken to a makeshift site in Bellville last week. Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato said this was done without the municipality's agreement.
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Motsoaledi: CoCT withdrew from plan to relocate foreign nationals at last minute
The minister responded to a media statement by Mayor Dan Plato in which he stated the move was premature and did not conform to what officials had agreed on.
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Plato: Foreign nationals may have been moved from CT church prematurely
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato said that the foreign nationals were taken to the Bellville site without the municipality's agreement and the site wasn't ready for them when they were moved.
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Lockdown: Foreign nationals living in CT CBD transported to temporary location
They left the chapel on Green Market Square after police hammered through the church’s locked door.
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Foreign nationals living in CT CBD to be relocated to Bellville, Maitland
The sites have finally been identified and approved and Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille visited one of the sites this week.
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Lockdown: Still no accommodation for foreign nationals living in CT church
The Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town indicated that they were looking for space to house men, women and children who were camping in the city since October.
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Foreign nationals ‘won’t be penalised’ for expired visas during lockdown
Of the 75 land, sea and airports around the country, 35 were shut down last week.
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Stranded CT foreign nationals say they don’t want to be repatriated
Refugee leader Papy Sukami, who appeared in court on Friday on robbery and assault charges, said they didn’t want to be deported and still wanted to be resettled.
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MPs raise concerns over disregarding of laws, by-laws by CT refugees
Members of Parliament's home affairs committee said refugees should comply with South Africa's laws and the by-laws of the City of Cape Town or they should be deported back to their countries of origin.
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Motsoaledi criticises CoCT for not enforcing by-laws against foreign nationals
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that the City of Cape Town should have enforced its by-laws instead of trying to shift blame to the Department of Home Affairs.
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Reintegrate into SA society or return home - Motsoaledi on foreign nationals
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi was referring to the foreign nationals in Pretoria and Cape Town who want to be resettled in a third country because of fears of xenophobic attacks.
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Foreign national woman allegedly caught in CT eviction fracas gives birth
She was among the foreign nationals who were forced away from Greenmarket Square on Sunday.
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CoCT considers return to court to deal with 'loitering' foreign nationals
The municipality had complied with a court order by verifying the foreign nationals living outside the church within seven days before forcing them off the occupied public space on Sunday.
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Parly committee wants resolution to CT's stranded foreign nationals
On Monday, several refugees set up camp outside the Cape Town Central Police Station.
