Home affairs
Home Affairs, Helen Suzman Foundation tussle over looming Zim permits expiry
Around 180 000 Zimbabweans will have to find another way of regularising their stay after the permit expires in December.
Deputy director-general for policy Thulani Mavuso tells Bongani Bingwa that the system will be used for ID and passport applications.
The Home Affairs Department said that it was working on simplifying the lives of South Africans and those who lived in the country.
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza and KwaZulu-Natal officials will visit KwaDukuza Municipality to monitor service delivery in the province.
The DA's Solly Msimanga said the party will now be writing to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi over allegations of corruption and ill-treatment of people at various branches of the department.
Mandy Wiener chats to Amnesty International South Africa executive director Shenilla Mohamed on the recent xenophobic attacks.
The Home Affairs Ministry says services at its offices have been restored countrywide.
The woman is appearing in court on Wednesday, along with the person she accepted the bribe from.
Government has granted a year's grace period to apply for various permits, but many Zimbabweans are worried about the process, given Home Affairs' dismal track record when it comes to service delivery.
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that the readiness of the IEC depended largely on the work of his department as citizens would not be able to register on Saturday and Sunday if they did not have identification.
The Unification Task Team, which represents several undertakers are hoping to intensify their protest by closing several Home Affairs offices on Wednesday morning.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on 12 January 2021 during a media briefing that some services by the Department of Home Affairs would be suspended during the adjusted level 3 lockdown.
The border post has been a site of widespread criticism recently, with various reports exposing how easy it is to pass through it.
The department said lawfully issued visas which expired from the 15 February and during the nationwide lockdown were valid until the end of October.
Speaking on 702, Aaron Motsoaledi said they are working to correct this with the implementation of the Border Management Authority which has been in the making since 2013.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi was speaking at Constitution Hill where the department held a marriage policy dialogue on Friday.
The office has been closed for seven years, further burdening asylum seekers. It was due to reopen in March 2018, but the Home Affairs Department missed the deadline.
Parliament responded to clashes between police and what some claim to be foreign small business owners in the Johannesburg CBD.