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Border lessons: Pay up. Period

Article Lerato Mogoatlhe 2 - 26 Apr 2019

This is an extract from the chapter titled Aisha, in which the author travels from Bamako in Mali to Conakry in Guinea

The free movement of Africans

Article Advertorial Supplement - 3 Apr 2019

Africans will soon be able to stay in other countries on the continent – and establish businesses there

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Unabridged birth certificates scrapped in time for festive season

Article Gemma Ritchie - 25 Sep 2018

Regulations from 2014 had stipulated that minors had to carry an unabridged birth certificate and have parental consent to leave the country

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SA passport, British visa application

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 20 Apr 2018

Zukiswa Wanner reveals the lengths we go through in an excerpt from, "Hardly Working: A travel memoir of sorts"

Comoros uncovers massive passport fraud

Africa Staff Reporter - 13 Apr 2018

Two former Comoros presidents are suspected of embezzling millions of dollars from a scheme that sold passports to foreigners to finance development

There’s no queue jumping, like Atul

Article Paddy Harper - 9 Mar 2018

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

African heads of state to carry ‘African passport’ by July

Africa Staff Reporter - 7 Apr 2016

The AU is making efforts to popularise the use of a single African passport for travel across the continent.

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Home Affairs maintains tourism travel rules are no problem

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Dec 2015

Home Affairs sees nothing wrong with the immigration rules and finds that travellers' complaints are "baseless and inaccurate".

Your passport to a good time

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jan 2014

Don't let a silly mistake ruin your holiday. Use this easy checklist to ensure your trip is plain sailing.

Rwanda cancels exiles’ passports

Africa Thalia Holmes - 30 Nov 2012

The government of Rwanda has cancelled the passports of several key opposition leaders in exile, rendering some of these people stateless.

Zim may need South Africa’s help in issuing passports

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Dec 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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