JOHANNESBURG - A vehicle has been torched at the Constitutional Hill Human Rights Precinct as fresh protests erupted in Johannesburg on Friday.
Authorities said multiple protests had been reported in the Johannesburg CBD, with protesters expected to converge on the Constitutional Court.
Motorists and members of the public have been urged to avoid the affected area and exercise extreme caution.
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The protests follow a Constitutional Court judgment delivered on 7 July, which declared certain provisions of the Refugees Act unconstitutional and invalid. The court ruled that asylum seekers could not be denied access to the asylum system solely because of procedural failures.
The judgment was followed by violent protests in Durban and Soweto, during which more than 20 vehicles were torched.
On Friday, the Department of Home Affairs withdrew a directive issued on 28 September concerning the intake of asylum applications.
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