A liquidated company is fighting to get home affairs to pay the years old debt owed to them
ANC leader says that Nomvula Mokonyane and others must lead by example and that the rules must apply to all
National executive committee members may thwart plans by the ANC top brass to bring former ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang back
ANC stonewalling on ridding its election list of people named in the state capture commission was the last straw for Msimang, who then quit the party
The MK veteran said on Friday, however, that he would not join any political party
The veteran said the party’s track record of corruption was ‘a cause for great shame’
Party stalwarts want the Zondo commission’s recommendations on the ANC to be implemented
The liquidators of Double Ring wants an order forcing treasury to get government departments to pay invoices on time
Clean-out comes after new minister says her predecessor did not take her board choices to cabinet for approval
Former chairperson Mavuso Msimang says Nomaindia Mfeketo was warned, but did nothing
There is a mounting groundswell of anti-Zuma sentiment within the party that may just be the tipping point to drive the president out.
Old-school ANC grandee and chair of Corruption Watch SA Mavuso Msimang believes it is ‘shameful’ that the party voted against the Constitution.
Mavuso Msimang: “For the ANC to proudly defeat the spirit of the Constitution is not a victory. We voted overwhelmingly against the Constitution."
There is a mounting groundswell of anti-Zuma sentiment within the party that may just be the tipping point to drive the president out.
ANC veterans and civil society members met at the steps of the Concourt on Wednesday and demanded that President Jacob Zuma resign.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe is not happy with former ANC leaders who "lambast the governments and parties they were once proud to serve".
Mavuso Msimang, chief executive of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, remembers Adelaide Tambo.
The government has called in conservation’s "Mr Fix-it", former SANParks CEO Mavuso Msimang, to find a way to stop the unabated slaughter of rhinos.
Exiting director general of home affairs admits that he failed to stamp out crime in his department.
Corruption remains the biggest problem at the Home Affairs Department, Director General Mavuso Msimang said on Thursday.
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/ 22 October 2008
The Department of Home Affairs may get help from the Treasury and the Department of Public Service and Administration to sort out its problems.
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/ 4 September 2008
Union leaders and the Department of Home Affairs on Thursday signed what they termed an ”historic” agreement to improve service delivery.
The Cabinet has given the assurance that everything possible is being done to address the British government’s concerns about the security of South African passports. ”South African passports are among the safest … in the world, and that’s the reason why they are being targeted,” government communications head Themba Maseko said on Thursday.
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/ 13 February 2008
The Department of Home Affairs expects to introduce the proposed new smart-card identity document (ID) to the general public within two years, it said on Wednesday. The card will replace the old ID, which is prone to fraud. The new ID will be much more difficult to forge.
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/ 4 February 2008
The Department of Home Affairs wasted more than R56-million in detaining illegal immigrants who did not exist, according to its 2007 annual report. The department had to pay a contractor for a fixed number of immigrants, regardless of the actual number detained, wrote the Auditor General in the report.
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/ 31 January 2008
When Kabelo Thibedi finally reached breaking point and pulled a gun on a civil servant at South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs, his act of desperation achieved instant results. ”If I had not done so … I would not have gotten my ID book. It was delivered to me that same day with the age error in it corrected,” recalls the 23-year-old.
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/ 29 January 2008
Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has done her best to try to bring order and stability into the chaotic Home Affairs Department, MPs heard on Tuesday. ”The political responsibilities have been exercised boldly, and we are working towards an unqualified audit,” Deputy Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said.
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/ 14 January 2008
Three Department of Home Affairs officials arrested on 39 counts of fraud appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday, the department said. Two senior male immigration officials were arrested on Friday in Mahamaba in Mpumalanga and one female official was arrested in Pretoria.
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/ 7 December 2007
Much still needs to be done to clean up the Home Affairs Department, Director General Mavuso Msimang said on Friday. He was reacting to the arrests of five home affairs officials and a former official at the Watloo home affairs office in Pretoria on Friday. The six were arrested following months of investigation.
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/ 27 November 2007
Telephone connections have been restored to East Rand offices of the Department of Home Affairs, a home affairs official said on Tuesday. ”All telephone services are working correctly,” the regional home affairs manager for Springs, Themba Ndebele, said.
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/ 11 September 2007
The Department of Home Affairs has suspended two of its senior officials, including a former acting director general. Chief financial officer Pat Nkambule and the deputy director general of civic services, Joel Chavalala — who once acted as director general — were suspended with immediate effect on Monday.
The government needs to adopt a new approach to deal with Zimbabwean citizens flocking into South Africa, Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Tuesday. The South African Broadcasting Corporation reported her as saying one solution could be to provide them with temporary residence permits.