News and Events Summary
Please note we will commemorate the 2008 xenophobic attacks on the 12 May 2012 from 12h00 to 17h00 at the Yeoville Recreation center. All communities are welcome.
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Due to the above commemoration the monthly ADF general meeting has been postponed |
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Important News
ADF Durban branch launch will be on 17th May 2012
We will do the commemoration of the 2008 Xenophobic attack on 12 May 2012 at 12h00 to 17h00 at the Yeoville recreation center.
Le site d'informations generales pour les etrangers francophones vivant en Afrique du Sud
The site of general information for the French-speaking foreigners living in South Africa.
African Centre for Migration & Society Quarterly Newsletter
(September - December 2011)
Read it here
Banking Issues
Do you have or did you experience problems opening a bank account in South Africa because
you are a migrant? We need your experience
The African Diaspora Forum, together with Wits Law clinic, is fighting the current discrimination
in the banking system, making it difficult for African migrants to enjoy normal banking services.
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Christmas Gifts for disadvantaged migrant children
The Sharing Circle approached the African Diaspora Forum for their assistance in
organizing a Christmas party for disadvantaged migrant children of Johannesburg.
The Sharing circle is an non-profit organization aiming at ?making a difference in people?s
lives? and sharing such experiences, and is currently focusing on the theme...
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The Migrant News - Inserted in 
February Issue
Page One - WE ARE STAYING HERE
- With nowhere to go, refugees make UN offices their home
Page Two - OPINION AND ANALYSIS
- Arrested for just being there
- Police join hands with migrants, locals in inner city
- Obrigado, Angola
- Well done, Segawa
- Pitfalls of a language of pity
Page Three - NEWS
- Turning bananas into golden opportunity
- Plans to spread ADF’s wings to Cape Town
- Call for justice after murder of Egyptian trader in Joburg
- Mutharika takes over from Gaddafi
Page Four & Five - AFRICA NEWS ROUND UP
- BOTSWANA - Envoys get recalled
- Land grabs continue, unabated
- UGANDA - Gays and lesbians fear homophobia
- NIGERIA - Yar’Adua ‘hands over power’
- EGYPT - Torture ‘is the weapon of choice’
- LIBYA - Publisher arrested for Gaddafi book
Page Six - NEWS - FOCUS ON THE CONGOLESE IN SOUTH AFRICA
- Prince of painting depicts Africa in her many colours
- Embracing different cultures is way to go – Jean-Marie
- Kin Malebo: a unique African dining experience, well worth your effort
- It’s all about giving access to education for women, kids
Page Seven - COMMUNITY/ARTS AND CULTURE
- "Here we read what we like"
- Easing the pain of xenophobia through song
- Soweto young stars take on Ivory Coast in moving cultural showcase
- Zaiko set to rock Joburg
- Our own Stallone drops by for visit
- Phobi and Phil - Cartoon
Page Eight - SPORT
- ROLL ON 2010
- But African World Cup representatives flatter to deceive in Angola
- Fans favour dynamic Drogba for World Cup
- Excitement in air over opening of stadiums