Tauhierah Salie

LOCAL SA plans to end most special permits for foreigners as it revamps its immigration policies to manage an influx of economic migrants. The government announced that a special dispensation allowing Zimbabweans to live and work in SA will expire at the end of this year, while similar concessions for about 90,000 people from neighbouring Lesotho will expire in 2023 and won’t be extended, home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi said. Permits for […]

LOCAL The idea that by donating to Cuba, the government is taking money from South Africans is a selfish attitude that does not accord with the country’s constitution which promotes friendship and support for countries in need. This is according to international relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor as she yet again defended SA’s R50m humanitarian aid to Cuba. “We budget for all this, approved by parliament each year,” she […]