It’s a tight race for the position of AU head, but South Africa is insisting it is optimistic its powerful candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma can do it.
The AU is going to ratify a document
that could usher in a new age of democracy and accountability.
Although we would miss Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in Cabinet, the <i>M&G</i> feels she is the perfect candidate for the chair of the African Union.
Sources say the same voter tactics will be adopted as were used against Muammar Gaddafi in order to get Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma elected to the AU.
South Africa is pushing its campaign for Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to head the African Union, a key post to be decided next week.
The president has issued a statement of regret regarding a flat he owns in Berea which has had its electricity cut off due to unpaid bills.
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/ 18 November 2011
South Africa is running into heavy diplomatic weather as its latest bid for expanded influence on the continent sets sail.
SA desperately needs to address the health risks posed by overcrowded detention centres and migrant deportation processes, a rights group says.
The rotten apples in government should not be allowed always to overshadow good ministers, says <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
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/ 30 September 2011
For the first time in 15 years, the home affairs department has been given a clean bill of health by auditor general Terence Nombembe.
Cleaning up home affairs might be "like climbing a greased pole", but with its first unqualified audit in years, the department says it’s back on top.
An ANC task team is set to begin probing irregularities in the party’s list process, says Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the team’s chairperson.
National transmission rates of perinatal HIV infection are falling but the past is still with us, writes <b>Martinique Stilwell</b>.
South Africans proved themselves a nation of procrastinators, with 20 765 would-be voters flooding home affairs offices on the day of the polls.
Peaceniks who danced to the music of Wikileaks can take heart from the recent publication of a collection of diplomatic memoirs.
It’s inhumane, impractical and was bulldozed through, human rights activists say.
Gijima has been re-instated as the supplier of the home affairs department’s new R2,1-billion IT system after being axed almost a year ago.
The home affairs department on Tuesday urged South Africans to collect over 500 000 unclaimed IDs ahead of the final voter registration weekend.
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/ 22 February 2011
The departments of home affairs in South Africa and Zimbabwe have extended the deadline for the of passports to Zimbabweans in SA by an extra month.
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/ 18 February 2011
The department of home affairs wants it to be easier for foreigners to work, study and travel in South Africa.
More than 250 000 Zimbabweans have applied to the Home Affairs department to legalise their stay in South Africa, officials said on Friday.
SA has offered Zimbabwe the use of its passport printing press ahead of the December 31 deadline set for Zimbabweans living in South Africa.
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/ 27 December 2010
Illegal Zimbabweans living in South Africa have four days left to register for legal documents, the Home Affairs department said on Monday.
A steady rain made the wait particularly miserable for Zimbabwean immigrants crowded outside a South African immigration office.
The Home Affairs minister said on Tuesday no Zimbabweans would be deported until all the applications for visas and permits had been processed.
Home affairs minister tries to ease anxiety as the December 31 regularisation deadline looms.
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/ 2 December 2010
Zimbabwe may need to enlist the help of the South African government in issuing new Zimbabwean passport because of the high demand.
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/ 24 November 2010
The deadline for Zimbabwean immigrants to apply for permits to allow them to stay in the country would not be extended, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said.
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/ 14 October 2010
The DA has called for Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to explain how her department will tackle a backlog in refugee applications.
The South African government has long been deeply ambivalent about immigration. It is time for the minister to paint us clearer picture.
Security was tight at the marriage of President Jacob Zuma and Thobeka Madiba in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, on Monday.
Home Affairs Miniser Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Friday announced a cluster of measures designed to improve service from her department.