Newsletter – January 2025 - June 2025

Here is HSF’s latest newsletter. It covers the period between January to June 2025.

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HSF Welcomes Refugees Act Judgment

The Western Cape High Court declared certain provisions of the Refugee Act No. 30 of 1998 as invalid and unconstitutional.

The Helen Suzman Foundation media statement can be read here

HSF rejects finalisation of white paper on citizenship, immigration and refugee protection

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) is dismayed by Cabinet’s decision to adopts as final the White Paper on the Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a Complete Overhaul of the Migration System in South Africa (White Paper). This, despite strenuous objections from numerous civil society organizations, including HSF.

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Helen Suzman Foundation Welcomes Zimbabwean Exemption Permits Extension

HSF’s Executive Director, Nicole Fritz spoke to Newzroom Afrika’s Cathy Mohlahlana, welcoming the extension of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit.

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