(November 22nd, 2004)
For three young men fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Africa was supposed to be a haven.
Instead, it was a detention centre — a dirt-floored pen made of chain-link fencing and razor wire, with no roof, toilets or running water.
Manga Mmbyula, Kiza Djuma, and Shebani Celeste are asylum-seekers from southern Kivu […]
(November 15th, 2004)
MUSINA, 15 November 2004 (IRIN) - Labourers from the fertile farms of South Africa’s northernmost province regularly bring their grievances to a modest office in Musina’s Nancefield township, just south of the Zimbabwe border.
John Mashaba and Dorah Ncupe, officials in the Legal Advice Centre, listen to workers’ accounts - in the hope of eventually mediating […]
(November 8th, 2004)
MUSINA, 8 November 2004 (IRIN) - In the South African border town of Musina, authorities regularly detain dozens of undocumented immigrants, sometimes for days on end, in an outdoor facility without toilets or running water.
Men, women and children, including those seeking refugee status in South Africa, are held behind a chain-link fence and razor wire […]
