Home Affairs
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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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President Ramaphosa gives SIU green light to investigate Prasa & Home Affairs over 14 to 20 year period
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed two proclamations allowing the Special Investigating Unit to investigate improper or unlawful conduct by officials…
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Home Affairs official gets 2 years in jail for selling IDs and birth certificates
In 2022, Home Affairs official Kedibone Serumula received a slap on the wrist after she was found guilty of selling…
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Home Affairs to extend working hours for eligible voters to collect IDs ahead of voter registration weekend
Home Affairs has extended its operating hours for the collection of identity documents ahead of the voter registration weekend. The…
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Police confiscate R5 million worth of counterfeit goods in Cape Town
Police in Cape Town have been lauded after their efforts to clamp down on the illegal trade of illicit counterfeit…
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Home Affairs official caught red-handed selling fake IDs
An Upington Home Affairs official has been busted for allegedly selling illegal identity documents to foreign nationals. The 37-year-old woman…
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Home Affairs rocked by identity theft
An identity theft syndicate involving at least four former Home Affairs officials has been cracked wide open at the Randfontein…
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Minister Motsoaledi: Bus drivers bringing unaccompanied kids from Zimbabwe should have been arrested
Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said the bus drivers of around 42 cross-border vehicles which were ferrying more than…
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Home Affairs Dept to release White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration & Refugee Protection
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is set to brief the media on the gazetting of the White Paper on Citizenship,…
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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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