Anti-immigration pressure groups handed over a memorandum of demands to the Tembisa Police Station on Tuesday afternoon, calling on authorities to tackle crime, which they claim is largely committed by undocumented foreign nationals. The march, organised by several community groups including the Thembisa Community Forum, Gauteng Anti-Crime Unit and the Xolani Khumalo Foundation, drew thousands of demonstrators demanding stronger action against illegal immigration and crime in the area. Protesters, some carrying sticks, knobkerries and sjamboks, marched along Andrew Mapheto Drive…

South Africa’s organised labour federations – COSATU, FEDUSA, SAFTU and NACTU – have called for the country’s two social security funds, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and the Compensation Fund (CF), to be overhauled. They are demanding that competent management and modern systems be put in place to ensure effective and efficient administration. The call comes after the federations raised serious concerns over what they described as a “worsening crisis” at the funds, which are entrusted with providing support to…

A group of Malawian migrants stranded in Durban is set to begin the journey home on Wednesday evening, with several buses expected to depart from Sherwood Hall as part of a repatriation effort coordinated by authorities. The development comes after weeks of uncertainty for the migrants, who have been sheltering at the hall while appealing to both the South African and Malawian governments for assistance in returning to Malawi. Earlier on Wednesday, members of the group appeared in the Durban…