South Africa’s asylum crisis is a mess of Home Affairs’ own making

Daily Maverick | 12.10.2026 02:44
Last week, a procedural Constitutional Court judgment regarding asylum seekers led to riots and protests in Durban and Soweto. The xenophobic violence was fuelled by a deliberate disinformation campaign by March and March and others, who falsely claimed a Home Affairs directive granted asylum seekers residency, or citizenship or voting rights. Perhaps less clear is how this all came about.
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