February 2016
http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-exiles-forum-asylum-seekers/3180612.html

Leadership training courses: http://commonpurpose.org/programmes/leadership/senior-leaders/zimbabwean-leaders/

The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 22nd May 2015,

If you know of any one in South Africa who might be interested in applying please email  Amu Mayimele direct (amu.mayimele@commonpurpose.org.za) with their contact details.

April 2015

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/04/15/fearful-immigrants-shut-joburg-shops-as-xenophobia-violence-rages

http://kalabashmedia.com/index.php/politics/item/507-what-s-fuelling-south-africa-s-xenophobia

http://mgafrica.com/article/2015-04-13-as-ethiopian-in-south-africa-xenophobic-violence-dies-malawi-begins-repatriating-its-citizens/

http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2015/04/10/zim-sa-leaders-ignore-xenophobic-attacks/

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-21705-SA+ready+to+help+xenophobia+victims/news.aspx

March 2015

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-21096-More+cops+suspended+over+Zim+renditions/news.aspx

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-20995-400+Zimbos+die+in+SA+every+month/news.aspx

February 2015

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-20737-SA+police+in+U-Turn+over+Zim+renditions/news.aspx

January 2015

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-20144-SA+shaken+by+anti-immigrant+riots/news.aspx

http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/africa-news/74619/sa-employers-exploit-desperate-zims.html

http://allafrica.com/stories/201501220481.html – looting and violence towards foreign owned shops, Soweto

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-19789-Top+SA+cop+suspended+over+Zim+renditions/news.aspx

15 November 2014

http://allafrica.com/stories/201411150567.html

Zimbabwe: 2002 Zim Elections Report Made Public

Zimbabwe’s leading cultural icon and musician, Oliver Mtukudzi delivers the inaugural Hugh Masekela Lecture at the Soweto Campus of the Universityof Johannesburg. See link:
http://www.zimbojam.com/articles/music-dance/musical-zimbabwe/item/1842-full-text-of-oliver-
mtukudzi-s-delivery-at-hugh-masekela-inaugural-lecture

http://www.southafrica.info/travel/immigration-020614.htm#.U560AvldX_o

http://www.swradioafrica.com/2014/05/28/south-africa-tightens-immigration-laws/

http://www.swradioafrica.com/2014/05/21/16-zimbabweans-identified-in-tip-of-the-iceberg-renditions-probe/

SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL ORDERS SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED IN ZIMBABWE

Johannesburg, 27 November – In a landmark decision for local and international justice, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal today ordered the South African Police Service (SAPS) to investigate high level Zimbabwean officials accused of committing crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe.

In its judgment, the Court made it clear that the perpetrators of systematic torture – as was alleged in this case – can be held accountable in South Africa regardless of where the offending acts took place. The Court noted that such crimes strike ‘at the whole of humankind and impinge[] on the international conscience’.

“The Court’s decision makes it clear that South Africa has a legal obligation to investigate the perpetrators of international crimes wherever those crimes were committed,” said Priti Patel, Deputy Director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), which brought the case along with the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF). “The Supreme Court ruling confirms that the dispensing of international justice is not restricted to international forums, and commits the South African authorities to play their part in ensuring that torturers and other international criminals are held accountable for their actions.”

In 2008, SALC submitted a dossier to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) containing evidence of the involvement of key Zimbabwean officials in perpetrating crimes against humanity in relation to the torture of opposition party members in March 2007 – and called on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the SAPS to initiate an investigation into the alleged crimes.

The NPA and SAPS refused to investigate so SALC and ZEF appealed this administrative decision to the High Court, which ruled in their favour in 2012. That decision was appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal.

During its ruling today, the Supreme Court outlined the evidence in the dossier noting that it included evidence of severe physical assaults, including the use of baseball bats, water-boarding and electrical shocks being applied to genitalia by Zimbabwean officials.

“Zimbabweans can be proud today knowing that South Africa will not shirk from its responsibility to ensure justice for victims of crimes against humanity,” said Gabriel Shumba, the Chairperson of ZEF. “This judgment is a critical step in the international fight against impunity.”

SALC and ZEF were represented by Lawyers for Human Rights and by Advocate Wim Trengove SC, Advocate Gilbert Marcus SC, and Advocate Max du Plessis

For further information:

Priti Patel, Deputy Director, SALC: +27 11 587 5065; +27 71 484 3464;pritip@salc.org.za
Gabriel Shumba, Chairperson, ZEF: Cell + 28 84 664 9798; gabmrech@gmail.com
Caroline James, Project Lawyer, SALC: +27 11 587 5065; +27 72 200 1813;carolinej@salc.org.za

Zimbabwe Exiles Forum – http://www.achpr.org/network/ngo/382/
ZITA Newsletter October  2013- Opportunities at Wits Uni amongst other news
 SA news of interest to Zimbabweans:

http://www.swradioafrica.com/2012/05/14/zim-group-threatens-sa-crimes-unit-with-international-legal-action/

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2012/05/14/south-africa-shrinks-from-investigating-zimbabwe-torture-allegations/

http://www.swradioafrica.com/2012/05/11/concern-for-zim-asylum-seekers-in-sa/

Disputed Nationality Information:

Click to access natinality-doubtful-disputed.pdf

Operational Guidance Note on South African cases:

Click to access South_Africa_operational_guidance_2013.pdf

Removals to South Africa:

2009 – Woman and child removed to South Africa on 24 April 2009, imprisoned on arrival and returned to the United Kingdom on 30 April 2009

December 2007 – see link  http://www.thezimbabwean.co/articles/10470/za-concerned-at-recent-court-ruling-on-zim-.html

2004 – Mucheri Moyo and one other, removed to South Africa and returned to the UK (represented by Refugee Legal Centre)