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/ 18 November 2021

Top cop arrest blitz is imminent for R100m crime intelligence graft

SAPS top brass in sights for R100m security equipment corruption while spying on ANC and students

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By Khaya Koko

Analysis

/ 11 March 2020

Anarchy rules at home affairs

It is unwise to entrust our fingerprints, biographical details and legislative authority to a syndicate of delinquent government officials

By Gary Eisenberg

Article

/ 16 August 2019

Mother challenges home affairs

A stateless woman in Durban is waging a court battle to receive identification documents so she can apply for birth certificates for her children

By Tania Broughton

Article

/ 31 May 2019

Immigration Act upended by legal chaos

Every foreigner, including investors, has to hurdle ignorant officials and a multiplicity of ‘laws’

By Gary Eisenberg

Article

/ 21 November 2018

SA’s contradictory laws discriminate against children of migrants

Proposed regulations for birth certificates will deny children of migrants the right to education

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 9 October 2018

Chawla demanded a luxury flight to Gupta naturalisation inquiry

The Gupta lieutenant said his immediate return to South Africa would be subject to Parliament purchasing him a business-class flight

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 28 September 2018

Gigaba rights queer affairs

Prejudiced officials in the department and transgender people’s IDs will be tackled

By Carl Collison

Article

/ 13 September 2018

Gigaba, Apleni to testify on day two of Gupta naturalisation inquiry

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will testify under oath on his role in the Guptas’ alleged capture of his department

By Raeesa Pather

Article

/ 12 September 2018

Parliament considers summoning Gupta lieutenant Ashu Chawla

Chawla is a citizen of South Africa, and the portfolio committee on home affairs wants him for questioning

By Raeesa Pather

Article

/ 7 September 2018

Lesbian couple finally get a visa but it’s a ‘housewife’ permit

They regard it as a ‘milestone’ even if one of them is not allowed to work, but they’ll keep fighting

By Carl Collison

Article

/ 5 July 2018

The faces behind SA’s citizenship nightmare

Home affairs’ continued intransigence and the private sector’s reluctance to employ legal immigrants are taking a heavy personal toll

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 20 June 2018

Open letter to President Ramaphosa on World Refugee Day

Home affairs is blatantly disregarding the rights of refugees and perpetrating a system not unlike that of apartheid

By Lawyers For Human Rights

Article

/ 12 April 2018

Home Affairs faces legal action after failing to re-open Cape Town refugee office

For the past six years, Cape-based asylum seekers have travelled at least twice a year to Refugee Reception Offices in Pretoria, Durban and Musina.

By Staff Reporter

Videos

/ 27 March 2018

Inquiry on Gupta Naturalisation

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs will hold an inquiry into the process that led to members of the Gupta family receiving early naturalisation.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 22 March 2018

‘Crazy lefties are dead to me’: Aus minister pushes ahead with SA farmer plan

Peter Dutton sparked uproar last week by singling out the farmers’ need to flee "horrific circumstances" for a "civilised country".

By Agence France Presse

Article

/ 16 March 2018

Editorial: Outing foreigners plays with lives

‘Surely there are sufficient lines of inquiry into Gigaba’s conduct as a public official without having to go into his heritage?’

By Editorial

Article

/ 14 March 2018

Australian home affairs minister considers fast-tracking visas for white SA farmers

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says his department is looking into methods to facilitate fast-tracking visas for white South African farmers

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 13 March 2018

Gigaba: Dubai trips had ‘nothing’ to do with Guptas

The Home Affairs Minister also denied holding any bank accounts in Dubai.

By Raeesa Pather

Article

/ 13 March 2018

Gigaba insists Ajay is not South African, but India’s government says otherwise

The Gupta brothers’ nationality remains an issue as India’s government contradicts Malusi Gigaba’s statements

By Raeesa Pather

Article

/ 9 March 2018

There’s no queue jumping, like Atul

The purgatory of home affairs saw me playing the journo card but at least I feel guilty about it

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 2 February 2018

Bill aims to fix same-sex marriage glitch

Couples are being turned away by the department of home affairs — prompting the introduction of an amendment Bill to Parliament last Friday

By Carl Collison

Article

/ 29 September 2017

State worker unions put PIC on notice

The corporation needs the fees it charges to manage their pensions so it has to tread warily

By Lynley Donnelly

Article

/ 19 September 2017

Nehawu: Home Affairs DG Apleni was insubordinate

The union has accused Apleni of running the department with an "iron fist" and ruling over its workers with a "reign of terror".

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 27 June 2017

Gigaba dodges accountability on Guptas’ citizenship

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba dodged accountability on the naturalisation of some members the Gupta family in Parliament on Tuesday.

By Jan Gerber

Article

/ 21 June 2017

SA’s borders may become even more unwelcoming to asylum seekers

Asylum seekers may face even greater difficulties entering South Africa in the near future.

By Rumana Akoob

Article

/ 20 June 2017

MPs call for Gigaba testimony after home affairs minister, DG fail to appear

Citing a schedule conflict, Hlengiwe Mkhize and Mkuseli Apleni failed to testify before a parliamentary portfolio committee.

By Peter Rothpletz

Article

/ 24 May 2017

Rough welcome: Could South Africa’s new border detention centres turn deadly?

Experts warn that the country’s overburdened asylum system could leave people trapped at ‘processing centres’ for years.

By Joan Van Dyk

Article

/ 8 April 2016

Gigaba criticises ANC stalwarts

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba spoke in Gugulethu, Cape Town on Friday evening. In his address, Gigaba described ANC veterans as ill-disciplined.

By Staff Reporter