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Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi briefs the media on 5 June 2018 on the status of healthcare in the country. Picture: GCIS.

Home affairs

Home Affairs, Helen Suzman Foundation tussle over looming Zim permits expiry

By Kgomotso Modise

Around 180 000 Zimbabweans will have to find another way of regularising their stay after the permit expires in December.

  • Department of Home Affairs. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Bye bye long queues at Home Affairs, new online booking is here

    Deputy director-general for policy Thulani Mavuso tells Bongani Bingwa that the system will be used for ID and passport applications.

    77 days ago
  • Department of Home Affairs. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Home Affairs Dept planning move to shopping malls for ease of accessibility

    The Home Affairs Department said that it was working on simplifying the lives of South Africans and those who lived in the country.

    84 days ago
  • FILE: Disaster-stricken KZN residents are set to receive new IDs on Friday. Picture: Qama Qukula/CapeTalk.

    Residents in disaster-stricken KZN set to receive new IDs

    Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza and KwaZulu-Natal officials will visit KwaDukuza Municipality to monitor service delivery in the province.

    103 days ago
  • DA Leader John Steenhuisen is conducting a site visit at the Home Affairs Johannesburg Branch where he is meeting people in queues for different services and will engage with the management here.  Picture: Buhle Mbhele/EWN.

    Corruption and bribery greet DA delegation at Johannesburg home affairs office

    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.

    125 days ago
  • Police monitor protest action in Diepsloot on 6 April 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Asylum system in SA is broken and is failing migrants - Amnesty International

    Mandy Wiener chats to Amnesty International South Africa executive director Shenilla Mohamed on the recent xenophobic attacks.

    131 days ago
  • FILE: Department of Home Affairs. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    Home Affairs services back online, department announces extended operating hours

    The Home Affairs Ministry says services at its offices have been restored countrywide.

    136 days ago
  • Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi at a media briefing on 25 October 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Motsoaledi welcomes arrest of Home Affairs official for taking bribe

    The woman is appearing in court on Wednesday, along with the person she accepted the bribe from.

    140 days ago
  • FILE: Department of Home Affairs. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    With end of exemption, Zimbabweans living in SA worried about permit process

    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.

    222 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi. Picture: GCIS

    More than 3,000 Home Affairs officials to assist with IDs for voter registration

    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.

    334 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: 123rf.com

    Undertakers plan to shut down Home Affairs officers this morning

    The Unification Task Team, which represents several undertakers are hoping to intensify their protest by closing several Home Affairs offices on Wednesday morning.

    462 days ago
  • These are the Home Affairs services you can access on adjusted level 3 lockdown

    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.

    581 days ago
  • FILE: The Beitbridge border post on 1 October 2020. Picture: AFP

    Motsoaledi: COVID-19 clearance documents needed at Beitbridge border

    The border post has been a site of widespread criticism recently, with various reports exposing how easy it is to pass through it.

    626 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi. Picture: GCIS

    Home Affairs extends the validity of visas for foreign nationals

    The department said lawfully issued visas which expired from the 15 February and during the nationwide lockdown were valid until the end of October.

    743 days ago
  • FILE: Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    Home Affairs working hard to deal with SA's porous borders, says Motsoaledi

    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.

    915 days ago
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    Motsoaledi: Home Affairs annulled over 1,000 fraudulent marriages in 2018/2019

    Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi was speaking at Constitution Hill where the department held a marriage policy dialogue on Friday.

    1083 days ago
  • FILE: The entrance to the Maitland Refugee Reception Centre in Cape Town. Picture: EWN

    Scalabrini Centre hopeful CT Refugee Reception Office reopens soon

    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.

    1091 days ago
  • The South African Police Service and Johannesburg Metro Police Department clashed with protesters in the central Johannesburg on Thursday, 1 August 2019. Picture: IntelligenceBureauSA/Facebook

    S. Africans warned against inciting violence against foreign nationals

    Parliament responded to clashes between police and what some claim to be foreign small business owners in the Johannesburg CBD.

    1105 days ago
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