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A Congolese mother and her sons regain hope in Cape Town
10 Jul 2013 Mzuji and her boys were identified as vulnerable under UNHCR's Protection Needs Assessment programme, They were interviewed for resettlement and given hope. -
Planting the seeds of tolerance in South Africa through soccer
10 Aug 2012 The project is trying to build understanding of refugees in a country where xenophobia has been a recurring problem -
Rwandan gets on his bike in Johannesburg to raise funds for education
22 Nov 2011 A former refugee takes part in a tough bicycle race to raise funds for a South African university scholarship programme and help others forced to flee. -
Statelessness: Living the South African dream on borrowed time
10 Oct 2011 Abandoned as a child with no documents, Jabulani Sibanda has built an enviable life for himself and his family – under the radar of the law. -
Statelessness: Falling through the cracks in southern Africa
6 Oct 2011 How someone can flee Zimbabwe, seek asylum in South Africa, become a migrant worker and wake up stateless one day with no country to his name. -
UNHCR funds crèche course in caring for refugee tots in Durban
13 Apr 2011 Dozens of small crèches in the South African city of Durban protect young refugees while their parents work and provide an income for needy women. -
Q&A: Spanish clowns make refugees laugh with their favourite girlfriend
23 Feb 2011 Jaume Mateu is better known as Tortell Poltrona, the clown with the red nose. For almost two decades, he's been entertaining refugee children worldwide. -
60th Anniversary: Angelina Jolie marks milestone with tribute to the displaced and UNHCR staff
17 Dec 2010 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors Angelina Jolie and Jesús Vázquez pay tribute to the staff of the refugee agency on its 60th birthday and to the people they help. -
Talk of new xenophobic violence in South Africa has refugees on edge
6 Jul 2010 As concern grows in South Africa's refugee communities over rumours of renewed violence against foreign nationals, UNHCR's Pumla Rulashe meets an Ethiopian refugee who was a victim of xenophobic attacks in 2008.