More than 11-million people were forced to flee their countries in 2020
Services provided by the City of Cape Town and the government are gradually drying up
Despite assurances, MPs remain unconvinced that the department has the capacity to manage the project
The home affairs department’s end game might just be the beginning. A hardcore few are still in one camp and about 600 remain in the second shelter
Many people at the Wingfield site have left to settle locally or be repatriated, but about 360 still insist they want to be resettled in a third country
Minister says they need to deploy more health workers on the border, as ports are set to open next week.
EFF says there is no concrete action on the “mediocre” plan
The department will not provide many of its standard services ‘until further notice’, as it focuses on registering an increased number of death certificates
KZN’s premier has tried to intervene by offering South Africans preferential access to jobs, but foreign drivers say locals don’t want the work
COMMENT A deeply embedded patriarchal practice assumes that a married woman must change her surname to that of her spouse. This was standard practice at the department of home affairs. Officials would automatically change the surname of the newlywed wife to that of her husband, sometimes even in violation of the wife’s express intention to […]
Religious beliefs are no longer allowed as on objection to solemnising same-sex partnerships and rightly so
‘Beliefs and convictions rested on religion should be allowed the freedom awarded by the law to share the public sphere with all the other non-religious beliefs and convictions’
The department is fighting with a small Free State town, which it accuses of continuing to employ an illegal immigrant
The Electoral Commission of South Africa said next year’s local government elections will go ahead despite the pandemic as it has plans in place to keep employees and voters safe
ANC says Nthateng Maoke is still a councillor after she quit amid claims she is a foreign national
Why South Africa should consider amnesty for undocumented migrants in the time of the coronavirus outbreak.
Occupants from buildings subjected to raids in Operation Fiela have taken the matter to court
Some refugee reception offices in South Africa have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis
It is unwise to entrust our fingerprints, biographical details and legislative authority to a syndicate of delinquent government officials
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the year, saying they serve to tie up loose ends and fill gaps that led to regulation abuse. But they have been met with an avalanche of criticism citing human rights. The […]
Our Constitution requires a humane treatment of people but functionaries fail to recognise this
The surprise publication of draft amendments to visa regulations is welcome. But what of the draft Bill on immigration due in March next year?
The bill, which will be presented to the National Assembly to pass, will afford same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples
One of the department’s centres was unavailable for 130 out of SA’s 248 working days in the past year
The ANC’s alliance partner the SACP has applauded Malusi Gigaba for his decision
The minister will be questioned on why he gave the family permission to operate a private terminal at OR Tambo airport — despite his repeated denials
The public enterprises portfolio committee has rejected claims by Minister Malusi Gigaba that its members are attempting to discredit him
The Democratic Alliance has presented a plan which it says will ‘secure borders and stop illegal immigration’
Malusi Gigaba has maintained that he did not benefit from his relationship with the Gupta family
Major Kobese has admitted that he intervened on behalf of the Guptas and Chawla with regards to visa applications
People who have been in South Africa for years are under threat, especially the working class, and permanent residence won’t lead to citizenship
They were left in limbo while they waited for the department to issue them with certificates
Mavuso replaces Mkuseli Apleni who resigned earlier this month to join the private sector at Discovery banking