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Home Affairs Taken to Court Over Late Birth Registration Backlog
The Children’s Institute, in partnership with the Legal Resources Centre, has initiated legal action against the Department of Home Affairs…
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Zanzou nightclub assault accused granted R10,000 bail amid public outcry
A Congolese national who was arrested in connection with the Zanzou nightclub assault case in Pretoria has been granted bail…
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6 Home Affairs employees fired with immediate effect
6 Home Affairs employees fired with immediate effect! Six Home Affairs employees have been fired with immediate effect over a…
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Operation Vala Umgodi leads to surge in deportations of undocumented migrants
The Department of Home Affairs has credited Operation Vala Umgodi, a task force aimed at curbing illegal mining, with also…
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Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber pushes digitalisation to combat border corruption
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has highlighted digitalization as the key solution to corruption at South Africa’s borders. He made…
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Home Affairs warns South Africans marrying foreign nationals for financial benefit of legal ramifications
Home Affairs warns South Africans marrying foreign nationals for the financial benefit of legal ramifications! South Africans entering into marriages…
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Home Affairs extends operating hours for festive season
The Department of Home Affairs has announced extended operating hours for the next 10 days to address the high demand…
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Home Affairs launches e-recruitment platform
Home Affairs launches e-recruitment platform! The Department of Home Affairs has unveiled its latest innovation in digital transformation with the…
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Home Affairs Minister extends validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits to Nov 2025
Home Affairs Minister extends validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits to Nov 2025! Zimbabweans living in South Africa have been granted…
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Ex-Home Affairs permit adjudicator convicted after investigator rejects R10,000 bribe to stop internal probe
Ex-Home Affairs permit adjudicator convicted after investigator rejects R10,000 bribe to stop internal probe! In a landmark case, former adjudicator…
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Health inspection blitz expected at Soweto spaza shops after deaths of 6 children
Health inspections are expected across Soweto spaza shops this week after six children died in a suspected food poisoning case.…
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Home Affairs committee calls for reforms & additional staff at Tshwane refugee centre as applications pile up
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has called on the Department of Home Affairs to tackle significant capacity challenges at…
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Sassa & Home Affairs using biometrics to combat fraud as 17 million apply for ‘R370 grant’
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it is now using biometrics technology to verify applicants after seeing a…
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Home Affairs dismisses petition calling for Minister Schreiber to resign
Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has dismissed a petition calling for him to step down. The organizer has attempted…
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Home Affairs to bring 11,000 highly skilled employees to SA
Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber believes importing more tertiary educated workers will boost South Africa’s economy. Schreiber gave a…
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Labour Minister says Menlyn’s Babel restaurant owes workers over R560,000 in unpaid wages
The joint inspection operation carried out at Menlyn’s swanky Babel Restaurant and the nearby Ocean Basket has found both eateries…
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Tshwane and Home Affairs partner to combat illegal land occupation
Tshwane Metro will look to work with Home Affairs to combat illegal land occupation, illegal immigration, and theft, according to…
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Home Affairs Minister taking fresh look at granting Gupta family citizenship
Seven years since Parliament’s Home Affairs committee said it was satisfied the department had not erred in granting citizenship to…
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Home Affairs Minister says Chidimma Adetshina’s mom has right to travel outside SA despite corruption case against her
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said that the mother of former Miss SA contestant, Chidimma Adetshina, had a right to…
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Minister Schreiber promises no more long queues & off-line systems at Home Affairs as digital move beckons
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said that long queues, off-line systems, and paper-based applications at department offices would soon be…
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Police investigating fatal stampede at Marabastad Home Affairs
Foreign nationals queuing outside the Home Affairs offices in Marabastad in Pretoria say they are devastated by an incident on…
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Hawks investigate Chidimma Adetshina’s mother for identity theft
The mother of controversial former Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina could be facing criminal action for identity theft. On Tuesday,…
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Home Affairs clears 50% of decade-long backlog in 3 months
In the last three months, the Department of Home Affairs has cleared 50% of its 306,000 visa backlog, as well…
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NPA drops case against 95 Libyans, hands it over to Home Affairs
The National Prosecuting Authority has withdrawn the case against the 95 Libyan nationals who were arrested earlier this month at…
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Over 600 000 IDs still not collected from Home Affairs: Minister Leon Schreiber
Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber says nearly 600 000 identity documents remain uncollected at government offices countrywide. Schreiber reveals…
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4 Chidimma Adetshina protesters arrested at Miss SA event
Gauteng police have arrested four protesters, three men, and a woman, after they allegedly forced their way into the Miss…
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Actress Ama Qamata under fire amid Chidinma Adetshina’s Miss SA controversy
Well-known Mzansi actress Ama Qamata speaks about the Chidinma Adetshina’s incident in regards with her participation in Miss South Africa…
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Survivors of Kenville informal settlement fire unable to access grants as IDs lost in blaze
Fire victims from the Kenville informal settlement in Durban North say they have not been able to access their social…
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Home Affairs finds fraud in Chidimma Adetshina’s mother’s identity
Following the original request received from the organisers of Miss South Africa, the Department of Home Affairs says that an…
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Immigration lawyer says the law, not Home Affairs determines Chidimma Adetshina’s status
As the storm brews over the nationality of a Miss South Africa contestant, an immigration attorney says the law and…
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ANC study group on Home Affairs welcomes sentence given to official for fraud
The African National Congress (ANC) parliamentary caucus study group on Home Affairs has welcomed the lengthy sentence handed down to…
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Former Home Affairs official gets 12 years for passport fraud
A former Home Affairs official has been sentenced to an effective 12-year imprisonment for being part of a syndicate that…
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IFP confident that power-sharing agreement in KZN will be a success
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa says that he has full confidence that the power-sharing agreement reached between political…
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Pakistani national gets 18 years in jail for passport-related crimes
A Pakistani national has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for passport-related crimes, ranging from corruption to bribery. Arfan…
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PA wants either Home Affairs or Police Ministry in GNU
The Patriotic Alliance says it’s willing to take the Police Ministry of Home Affairs isn’t up for grabs. The party…
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Disabled Home Affairs employee alleges bullying & assault by superior, faces disciplinary action instead
A Home Affairs employee in Gauteng, who was allegedly assaulted by her director and subsequently received a disciplinary notice, said…
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Home Affairs extends operating hours until election day
Home Affairs is set to operate until 7pm on Monday evening to accommodate voters who require new identity documents. This…
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Reason why we’re not seeing actress Brenda Ngxoli on our screens
Popular South African actress Brenda Ngxoli shot to fame when she played Vuyo in Home Affairs. But the bubbly actress…
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Truck drivers forum confirms planned national shutdown temporarily suspended
The All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa (ATDF-ASA) has confirmed that a planned national shutdown is temporarily suspended.…
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DA & Rise Mzansi calls for speedier Home Affairs process to allow for gender identity changes
The Democratic Alliance (DA) and RISE Mzansi have called on the Home Affairs department to expedite the process allowing for…
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Asylum seekers admit paying bribes for documents amid SIU raid on Home Affairs
As Special Investigating Unit (SIU) officials raided some refugee centres around the country on Friday, asylum seekers have admitted to…
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SIU to refer Home Affairs corruption & bribery cases to NPA
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said that it will work towards the prosecution of Home Affairs employees believed to be…
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Hawks raid Home Affairs offices amid corruption tip-off
The Hawks and SIU raided a Pretoria home affairs office on Friday as part of investigations into alleged maladministration and…
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Bheki Cele: E-hailing taxi industry needs tighter controls to combat criminality
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that the e-hailing taxi industry needed tighter controls to combat criminality. Speaking at an imbizo…
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Motsoaledi: Changes are needed in spousal visa protocols
Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has highlighted a need to look at reworking spousal visa protocols after they contributed…
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Home Affairs gives update on ZEP
Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi is giving an update on immigration and visa issues. The Supreme Court has granted the ministry…
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CORMSA not surprised by Home Affairs’ escalation of ZEP termination battle to ConCourt
The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CORMSA) says it is not surprising that Home Affairs Minister Aaron…
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Home Affairs hits back at High Court over ZEP ruling
Home Affairs Director General Livhuwani Makhode said the High Court “overemphasized the rights of children” when it overturned Minister Aaron…
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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi takes ZEP Permit fight to Constitutional Court
South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi is persisting with his court battle to scrap the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit…
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Some undocumented foreign nationals in South Africa accuse Home Affairs of waging war against them
Some undocumented foreigners have accused Home Affairs of waging a war against them amid the department’s intensification of measures to…
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