AFRICAN DIASPORA FORUM
Migrant group joins Herman Mashaba
As part of the deal, the city’s migrant unit will hold monthly meetings, which African Diaspora Forum members will attend
Herman Mashaba and the African Diaspora Forum (ADF) have kissed and made up, forming an unlikely alliance in a fight against the Department of Home Affairs. The ADF reported the Johannesburg mayor to the South African Human Rights Commission early in 2017 for being xenophobic after Mashaba had linked undocumented migrants to various social woes. On Tuesday, the two protagonists announced a settlement, after going through mediation with the commission. The ADF said Mashaba’s comments were not reported in their entirety. As part of the deal, the city’s migrant unit will hold monthly meetings, which members of the ADF will attend. The ADF will join Johannesburg’s court bid against the Department of Home Affairs as amicus curiae. The city said that it was looking at all possible legal avenues to get the department to deal with the issue of illegal immigration, specifically in the identification and processing of undocumented immigrants. Advocates Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and Dali Mpofu have ...
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