'Tell the truth as it is'
Refugee children in downtown Johannesburg couldn't perform their play about xenophobia in Botswana. Instead they staged a poignant exhibition at home.
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Uncertain future for migrants at Methodist church
For thousands of Zimbabweans who flee their troubled country, the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg is the only home they know.
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Paul Verryn: What went wrong?
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?
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Bishop Verryn suspended
Paul Verryn, the Johannesburg Central Methodist Church bishop, has been suspended from the Methodist Church of SA, a lawyer said on Thursday.
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Refugee church 'unsustainable', say civil society groups
Civil society groups on Tuesday described Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church, where thousands of migrants have taken shelter, as unsustainable.
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SACC: Govt the villain in refugee saga
The primary villain in the Central Methodist Church Zimbabwean refugee saga is the government, the South African Council of Churches said on Monday.
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Relocation imminent for Zim refugees
The registration of Zimbabwean refugees living at the Central Methodist Church has been completed, Gauteng local government said on Wednesday.
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Zim refugees: UNHCR warns of xenophobic attacks
Preventing the transportation of refugees from Musina to Johannesburg was likely to ignite xenophobic attacks, the UNHCR said on Thursday.
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'Special deal on cards for Zim refugees in SA'
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
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Where Zim's shifting flock comes to rest
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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