A South African hero has died. But because of Covid-19 we can’t hold a memorial for her, just yet
For thousands of Zimbabweans who flee their troubled country, the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg is the only home they know.
A power struggle in the Methodist Church? A pre-World Cup clean-up cloaked in official hypocrisy? Or the reining in of a gung-ho cleric?
Paul Verryn, the Johannesburg Central Methodist Church bishop, has been suspended from the Methodist Church of SA, a lawyer said on Thursday.
Civil society groups on Tuesday described Johannesburg’s Central Methodist Church, where thousands of migrants have taken shelter, as unsustainable.
The primary villain in the Central Methodist Church Zimbabwean refugee saga is the government, the South African Council of Churches said on Monday.
The Central Methodist church has an "open-door policy" for up to 3 500 people, mostly destitute Zimbabwean refugees.
The registration of Zimbabwean refugees living at the Central Methodist Church has been completed, Gauteng local government said on Wednesday.
Preventing the transportation of refugees from Musina to Johannesburg was likely to ignite xenophobic attacks, the UNHCR said on Thursday.
Government is looking at granting special status to Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa that will allow them to reside and work in the country legally
About 1 500 Zimbabweans spend their nights on a Johannesburg church floor. ”This is not home; it’s just a stepping stone,” one refugee says.
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There are serious legal concerns over the treatment of immigrants who were arrested this week at the Central Methodist church in the Johannesburg CBD, the Legal Resource Centre…
