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Rights groups win court bid to re-open Refugee Reception office

Joint Media Statement on behalf of the Project for Conflict Resolution and Development; Somali Association of South Africa (Eastern Cape), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Refugee Rights Centre, Social Change Assistance Trust (SCAT), HIVOS Eastern Cape Refugee and Migrant Programme and the Black Sash.

For Immediate Release: Thursday, 16 February 2012

Fight against closure of Refugee Reception Office continues

The battle to ensure that a functional Refugee Reception Office serves the hundreds of people applying for Asylum Seeker or Refugee status permits continues.

Intolerable queues at Port Elizabeth Home Affairs

Photographs taken on the 6th of February 2012 in Port Elizabeth show the unacceptably long length of the queue of people seeking Asylum Seeker or Refugee permits from the Department of Home Affairs, Port Elizabeth.

Molsvlei Brick-making Project Victory

With hard work, tenacity and determination, a victory is felt at our rural partner’s Molsvlei Office.   Members of the Molsvlei Community Development Centre in the Northern Cape have for the last 9 months been ceaselessly lobbying the National Development Agency to transfer much needed funding and support for their brick-making project, which now employs 11 people. 

Scat closes for holidays

Scat wishes our friends and partners a restful end of year holiday, our office opens again on Tuesday the 3rd of January.   We commend our rural partners for the life changing work they have done this past year, and thank our donor partners for their support over 2011.  

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Gardener, Kgatlopele Social Development Forum, Danielskuil, Northern Cape

(Tannie) Bettie Louw is an organic Gardener working with the Kgatlopele Social Development Forum (KSDF) in her community Danielskuil. 

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Rights groups win court bid to re-open Refugee Reception office
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Fight against closure of Refugee Reception Office continues
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Intolerable queues at Port Elizabeth Home Affairs
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Molsvlei Brick-making Project Victory
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Scat closes for holidays
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