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Home Affairs Extends Hours for Matriculants to Obtain Smart ID Cards

By Ragheema Mclean The Department of Home Affairs has announced extended operating hours to support Grade 12 learners preparing for their final examinations. Starting today (21 September), all Home Affairs branches across the country will be open every Saturday until 12 October 2024, from 08:00 to 13:00. Matriculants will receive priority service; however, the department will also accommodate other requests based on daily capacity. Minister Leon Schreiber emphasized that this […]

21 September 2024

Local

“I want to be the minister where the system is always online, not offline” – says new Home Affairs minister

By Ragheema Mclean New Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has announced the extension of temporary concessions for foreign nationals awaiting the outcome of visa, waiver, and appeal applications. The move aims to address the significant backlog in visa processing and improve service delivery at Home Affairs offices across South Africa. Visa holders who applied for a waiver and whose applications were still pending as of June 30th have been granted […]

8 July 2024

News

Service delivery at home affairs is unacceptable!

by Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With the national and provincial elections taking place on the 29th May 2024, Home Affairs extended its operating hours to accommodate those who may need an Identity Document (ID) or temp to register to vote. Although this may be seen as a good gesture, many people have come forward saying that the system used at home affairs and any other government institution is not well run. […]

21 February 2024

Local

Efforts to thwart ‘disconcerting’ tendencies by Pakistani nationals to enter SA illegally

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has accused Pakinstani national of getting transit visas to go to other countries through South Africa, and escaping to find a route in South Africa illegally at the airport. He says his department has noticed this “tendency” and it is out to stop it. The Home Affairs ministers says 67 Pakistani nationals were denied entry into South Africa at the OR Tambo International Airport during […]

14 August 2023

Local

ANC won’t amend Constitution to address illegal migration concerns

The African National Congress is not going to amend the Constitution in order to tackle illegal migration. This was confirmed as the party unveiled the resolutions from its 55th national conference, which took place in December. The party adopted the Migration Policy Framework which seeks to address illegal migration – a prominent feature of the conference, as the rise of anti-immigrant groups have forced government to face the issue head […]

5 March 2023

Local

Expired Zim exemption permit holders who don’t apply for legal status ‘will be punished’, says Motsoaledi

LOCAL Expired Zimbabwean exemption permit (ZEP) holders who do not apply to be in SA legally must be prepared to face the consequences. Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi gave this warning on Tuesday when he appeared in parliament to provide an update on the ZEP process under way. “The ball is in their court, not in the government’s court. We will deal with them the same way we deal with […]

13 September 2022

Local

Operation Dudula calls for government to declare state of emergency on illegal citizens

LOCAL Operation Dudula is calling on the South African government to declare a state of emergency on illegal immigrants working and living in the country. The group held a media briefing in Johannesburg on Thursday, where they outlined plans to intensify their campaigns against foreign nationals in the country. Last Friday, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced a permit extension for Zimbabwean nationals living and working in South Africa by a […]

9 September 2022

Local

Home Affairs clamps down on passport fraud and introduces transit visas

LOCAL Pakistani and Bangladeshi travellers will now require a transit visa to travel to South Africa. R2.4 billion has been set aside to digitise 350 million civic documents dating back to 1895. These are among recent developments Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi briefed the media about in Pretoria on Thursday. The new measures are meant to address security breaches that have compromised the integrity of South African Passports. Among them […]

12 August 2022

Local

Home Affairs minister warns businesses exploiting illegal immigrants for cheap labour

LOCAL Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says that the owner of the plastic factory in Alberton, Ekurhuleni, where 51 illegal migrants were rescued from slave-like conditions, is still at large. Acting on information provided by a whistle-blower, the Home Affairs inspectorate visited the factory and was refused entry, prompting the officials to return in a joint law enforcement operation including police, the Department of Employment and Labour, Ekurhuleni Metro Police and […]

27 June 2022

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