Deputy Spokesperson of South Africa’s (SA) government, William Baloyi, says a lot of disinformation has been circulating regarding the Constitutional Court judgment on asylum seekers.

This comes as protests erupted in parts of the country after the Department of Home Affairs effectively reopened SA’s asylum system to new applicants.

The Inter-Ministerial Committee held an urgent meeting last night, and the chairperson of the committee, Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, will brief the media shortly on the outcomes of the meeting. Baloyi has cautioned against speculation.

Let us quickly caution the public and everyone to be wary and aware of the apparent or co-ordinated disinformation campaign surrounding the Constitutional Court judgment that was actually issued on July 7, 2026. However, the whole issue came when the Department of Home Affairs was implementing the instructions of the court. And therefore people just saw that the undocumented migrants to now to have access to all benefits, including that they will go and vote. They will access now SA Social Secutity Agency grants. That is disinformation and it’s incorrect.

—ChannelAfrica—