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Home Affairs Department officially introduces remote work visa
The Home Affairs Department has officially introduced a remote work visitor visa for South Africa. It will allow highly paid…
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South Africans possessing blocked ID need to provide Home Affairs with reasons
The Home Affairs Department is calling on South Africans who are currently in possession of a blocked ID to provide…
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Home Affairs investigating how 95 Libyan nationals arrested at military camp entered SA
The Home Affairs Department has stepped in to investigate 95 arrested Libyan nationals linked to the discovery of an illegal…
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Update: Mpumalanga police say illegal military camp in operation for 3 months
Police have revealed that an illegal military training camp run by 95 Libyan nationals in Mpumalanga has been operating for…
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NPA working to verify the true identity of alleged Usindiso arsonist
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the Home Affairs Department is in the process of verifying the identity of the…
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Home Affairs system back online following alleged technical glitch
The Home Affairs Department said its technicians have managed to restore the State Information Technology Agency’s mainframe which was down…
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DA urges Home Affairs Department to urgently deal with system failures
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for the Home Affairs Department to urgently address system failures following a glitch that…
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Lawyer says deporting Marshalltown fire survivors not in the interest of justice
The lawyers representing the Marshalltown fire survivors said the deportation of undocumented migrants who stayed at the uSindiso building was…
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Home Affairs offices will be open this weekend
The Home Affairs Department says its offices around the country will open this weekend to make it possible for people…
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Ntshavheni: Home Affairs beefing up capacity to deport illegal miners
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said that the Home Affairs Department was in the process of beefing up its…
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Home Affairs Dept lobbies for more tech to boost Border Management Authority
The Home Affairs Department says it is lobbying to get more technology resources for the Border Management Authority (BMA). The…
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Zim Exemption Permit termination a positive move – Home Affairs Dept
The termination of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit program is for the benefit of the permit holders themselves, according to the…
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Janusz Waluś stabbed in prison
Chris Han’s killer, Janusz Waluś, has been stabbed by another inmate in prison. Waluś has been behind bars since the…
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Home Affairs given 30 days to process permanent residency applications
The Home Affairs Department has 30 days to process the backlog of permanent residence applications for over 180 people. In…
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SAPS needs help to root out illegal mining and the rise of zama zamas, says Bheki Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Wednesday the police need help to stop illegal mining and the rise of illegal…
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Home Affairs to verify nationality of 4 suspected illegal mining kingpins
The Home Affairs Department will have to verify the nationality of four alleged illegal mining kingpins who were arrested on…
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Senior Home Affairs official fired for gross negligence
A senior official in the Home Affairs Department has been fired for gross negligence and dishonesty. This follows the granting…
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Home Affairs Department to recruit 10,000 unemployed youth
Home Affairs needs 10,000 young graduates to digitise documents dating back to 1895. More than 350m records of births, marriages,…
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Department of Home Affairs begins digitisation project
The Home Affairs Department has geared up to process 350 million civil paper records dating as far back as 1895.…
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Zimbabweans living in South Africa fear the worst as ZEP expiry date gets closer
The expiry of the Zimbabwean exemption permit (ZEP) is fast approaching and many whose stay in South Africa is heavily…
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Home Affairs Dept planning move to shopping malls for ease of accessibility
The Home Affairs Department said that it was working on simplifying the lives of South Africans and those who lived…
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Border Management Agency to be operational in 2023, says Home Affairs Department
The Border Management Agency (BMA), which was formed last year as a single authority to man the country’s borders, will…
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Home Affairs prioritises KZN flood victims
The Home Affairs Department says it is prioritising flood victims by re-issuing important documents lost or damaged. People were able…
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Hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested at Beitbridge Border Post
The government is waging a war against illegal immigrants coming into the country. Over 200 Zimbabwean nationals have been arrested…
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Home Affairs unlikely to meet its own deadline to restore services
The Home Affairs Department says it’s unlikely that it will meet its own deadline of restoring its systems nationwide by…
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Defence Minister admits to shortcomings with maintenance of SA navy ships
Defence Minister Thandi Modise has admitted that there were shortcomings when it came to maintaining military ships. Earlier this month,…
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Zimbabwe Exemption Permit: Good news for Zimbabweans living in South Africa
The lawyer representing the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders’ association on Tuesday said the withdrawal of the controversial directive, by the…
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CoRMSA demands birth certificates for all
Give birth certificates to all children. That is the plea from the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa.…
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Home Affairs offices open between 7am and 9pm on election day
Home Affairs Department says there are still thousands of ID smart cards that are still to be collected from their…
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Home Affairs signs historic agreement for asylum seekers
Some asylum seekers in South Africa have been waiting for years, even decades for a decision on their applications. And…
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Home Affairs to deploy more personnel to border posts
The Home Affairs Department is gearing up for people to return to the country. It said 160 additional personnel will…
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Home Affairs reinstates visa-free status for some countries
The Home Affairs Department has reinstated the visa-free status of citizens from at least eleven countries. This to revive the…
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No funerals for the next few days as Afpo goes on strike
The African Funeral Practitioners Organisation (Afpo) said that the organization and its affiliates would embark on a strike from Monday.…
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Level 3 lockdown – Marriages & late birth registrations allowed
The home affairs department says it will now provide marriage services and receive requests for late registration of births as…
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Home Affairs finalises Border Management Bill to deal with breaches
The department will increase capacity at ports from December 4 to January 13, 2020 to ensure smooth movement for travellers…
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Omotoso deemed a prohibited person
The Home Affairs Department has informed Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso that he’s deemed a prohibited person, given that he is…
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Home Affairs confident all Zim permits will be released
The Home Affairs Department is confident it will hand over all Zimbabwean Exemption Permits by the end of November. The permits allow…
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