Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
No accurate estimates of the number of undocumented migrants living in South Africa exist. [1] Estimates have been published and vary widely. According to Statistics South Africa's 2011 census, 6.2 million foreigners live in South Africa. [2]
"Otherness" is an indicator of xenophobia in South Africa, and some researchers believe that the racial otherness perpetrated by apartheid was replaced by otherness of foreigners. Cultural stereotyping has increased with higher levels of immigration since the early 2000s, as well as greater exposure to immigrants hailing from a wider scope of ...
In October 2014, detainees stopped a hunger strike after they claimed guards attacked them using rubber bullets and batons. [11] On 20 October 2014, the South African Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba, did an inspection along with the media of the Lindela Repatriation Centre after human rights abuse allegations surfaced in the media. [12]
South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of the nation's ...
From the early 1960s Ireland vehemently opposed apartheid in South Africa. [4] South African Nelson Mandela, then a dissident, later president, was awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin in 1988 while a political prisoner; he collected the award upon his release in 1990. [7] Diplomatic ties between the two countries were established in 1994. [2]
After apartheid fell, a constitution was adopted guaranteeing the rights of all South Africans no matter their race, religion, gender or sexuality. But that hasn't significantly improved the lives of millions, with South Africa's Black majority that make up more than 80% of the population of 62 million still overwhelmingly affected by severe ...
The Restoration and Extension of South African Citizenship Act (Act No. 196 of 1993) was a naturalisation law passed at the end of the apartheid era in South Africa in 1993 and prior to first election in 1994. It restored South African citizenship rights to black South African's, lost after the creation of four independent "homelands" or ...
The end of apartheid in 1994 saw a large migration of Nigerians to South Africa, due to lax immigration laws as the country opened up after years of international sanctions. [4] The arrival of Nigerians to South Africa began to increase drastically in 2004 when monthly entries became 2,000 and then 4,000 in 2010.