JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's March and March Movement has announced plans to hold weekly nationwide protests against undocumented immigration for the next six months, following demonstrations that turned violent in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

CAPE TOWN – Hundreds of Zimbabweans who opted to return home through South Africa's voluntary repatriation programme have been left stunned after learning they could be barred from re-entering the country for up to five years because of their immigration status. The revelation has emerged as South African authorities continue assisting foreign nationals who chose to leave the country amid fears of violence linked to planned anti-immigration protests.

MUTARE – ZANU PF Central Committee member and Presidential Special Advisor on Investment Paul Tungwarara has donated 50 buses to transport Zimbabwean nationals from Manicaland who are returning from South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post. The initiative comes as increasing numbers of Zimbabweans voluntarily return home amid heightened immigration enforcement in South Africa, with provincial authorities saying about 200 returnees from Manicaland have so far been identifie

More than 500 Zimbabweans are reportedly sheltering at the consulate and in surrounding areas while awaiting government-assisted repatriation to Zimbabwe. With limited space at the diplomatic mission, many have been forced to sleep outdoors as they wait for transport home.

BEITBRIDGE – At least 26,000 undocumented Zimbabweans have returned from South Africa since late May as the neighbouring country intensifies immigration enforcement ahead of a deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave or regularise their stay. Official figures released by authorities show that 25,966 Zimbabweans returned between May 28 and June 22, 2026, with 24,211 making their own way home through the Beitbridge Border Post, while 1,755 vulnerable returnees were

CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town has begun relocating large groups of Zimbabwean nationals who had gathered outside Zimbabwe's Consulate in District Six to the Department of Home Affairs Repatriation Centre in Epping, where they will be processed for voluntary return to Zimbabwe. The relocation operation commenced at approximately 9 am on Sunday, 28 June, and is being coordinated by the City of Cape Town in partnership with the Department of Home Affairs and the Zimbabwean C

Zimbabweans returning home from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks will be allowed to import personal belongings, household goods, and one motor vehicle under a special immigrants’ rebate scheme aimed at easing their resettlement. The concession was outlined in a directive from Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga to Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Commissioner-General Regina Chinamasa.

HARARE — The Government of Zimbabwe says it has repatriated 660 citizens from South Africa as part of ongoing efforts to assist nationals facing challenges abroad and those wishing to return home.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – More than 3,000 Malawian nationals, including hundreds of children, are sleeping in the open in Durban after fleeing what they describe as growing threats, intimidation, and attacks targeting foreign nationals in parts of South Africa.

South African business organisations have warned that rising tensions over illegal immigration could trigger further xenophobic violence and damage the country’s economic interests.

HARARE – A Russian national has been arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on allegations of human trafficking after allegedly facilitating the travel of a Zimbabwean man to Russia under circumstances now under investigation by authorities. Leonid Koftev, 36, appeared before Harare magistrate Jessie Kufa on Wednesday, facing charges of human trafficking, breaching immigration conditions, and operating an unregistered employment agency. The court remanded him