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Home Affairs backtracks from attempt to comply with ConCourt refugee ruling, amid public safety concerns
Home Affairs backtracks from attempt to comply with ConCourt refugee ruling, amid public safety concerns
Following violent anti-migrant protests that rocked Durban and Soweto this week, Home Affairs director-general Livhuwani Makhode has withdrawn the directive relating to the intake of asylum seekers, citing public safety concerns.
Government blamed the violence on the deliberate spread of misinformation on social media following the recent Constitutional Court judgment declaring certain provisions of the Refugees Act unconstitutional.
On Thursday, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on…
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