South Africa: Anti-Immigration Groups Disrupt Home Affairs - South African News Briefs - October 8, 2026

Anti-illegal immigration activists have vowed to keep disrupting the Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre in Durban, according to EWN. The demonstrators, armed with sticks and sjamboks, chased away approximately 1,000 foreign nationals seeking asylum and immigration services. The protests followed a Home Affairs directive permitting all foreigners to apply for asylum, irrespective of their legal status.

This came after the Constitutional Court ruled that such restrictions were unconstitutional. Tragically, ten people lost their lives in a minibus taxi accident on the MR385 Road in Cato Ridge, Durban, as reported by SABC News. The taxi allegedly lost control and collided with a tree. Authorities have deployed a Road Traffic Inspectorate and a road safety team to investigate the incident.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport plans to intensify traffic law enforcement throughout the province during Transport Month. In a separate legal matter, the State has commenced its case in the murder trial of rapper Kiernan AKA Forbes and Tebello Tibz Motsoane. Seven men are on trial at the Durban High Court, accused of the February 2023 killings.

The prosecution seeks to connect a recovered firearm from a May 2022 shooting in Mayville to the alleged murders. The first witness, a retired police officer, testified about the firearm's recovery. AllAfrica, which publishes around 600 reports daily from over 90 news organizations and more than 500 other institutions and individuals, reports this story.

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