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

Home affairs department

Motsoaledi 'worried’ about 2019 system crash affecting SA's economy

By Babalo Ndenze

The system crash in 2019 also saw the loss of information and scores of CVs of people applying for government jobs.

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

    Zim permits: Dept of Home Affairs welcomes withdrawal of legal challenge

    The department came under fire last year after it announced it wouldn't be renewing the permits of almost 200,000 Zimbabwean nationals who fled the neighbouring country over a decade ago.

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

    Motsoaledi criticises HSF's bid to intervene in Zimbabwe exemption permit matter

    Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has hit back at the foundation for its legal bid to stop the termination of the Zimbabwean exemption permit.

    42 days ago
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    Home Affairs plans to reinforce transit visas after OR Tambo arrests

    The Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals allegedly arrived on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha earlier this week.

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

    Home affairs offices reopen in KZN after flood disruptions

    The department has also temporarily extended operating times at busy ports of entry to facilitate fast and safe cross border movements during the Easter period.

    118 days ago
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    Home Affairs services back online, department announces extended operating hours

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

    129 days ago
  • FILE: People outside a home affairs branch. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Home Affairs ‘unlikely’ to meet its own deadline to restore services

    Systems across hundreds of home affairs offices were offline on Friday morning impacting almost all services except passport collections while officials had to submit handwritten death certificates in order for residents to bury their loved ones.

    131 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to oral questions from Members of Parliament in the National Assembly Chamber in Parliament in Cape Town on 25 November 2021. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Cosatu: Ramaphosa’s Sona must clarify policies on employing foreign nationals

    Last week, the Home Affairs Department gazetted an updated critical skills list for South Africa highlighting scarce skills in the country.

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

    Motsoaledi: There are powerful, rich people illegally obtaining SA residency

    He referenced Malawian fugitive Shepherd Bushiri who is facing fraud and money laundering charges to the tune of R102 million.

    239 days ago
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    Home Affairs takes consultations over Green Paper on Marriages on the road

    Head of policy for Home Affairs, Thulani Mavuso, said that they did virtual consultations in May with various sectors and they were now having physical meetings starting in the Western Cape.

    302 days ago
  • FILE: Undertakers under the banner, the Unification Task Team, want government to amend regulations so they can have the right to register deaths on behalf of bereaved families. Picture: 123rf.com

    Home Affairs says it will ensure services not disrupted by undertakers' protest

    The department has obtained a court interdict prohibiting protestors from intimidating staff and those visiting their offices.

    454 days ago
  • FILE: A mortician getting ready to prepare a coffin for a COVID-19 body at Broodie Funeral Parlour in Soshanguve. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    Funeral undertakers threaten to shut down home affairs headquarters

    The body representing the undertakers called the Unification Task Team on Monday said if government didn’t address their concerns, they would go on a full-blown national strike.

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

    Motsoaledi: Decision to limit Home Affairs services carefully considered

    Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that the decision to temporarily suspend certain services was made after careful consideration.

    574 days ago
  • The SANDF members patrol the Lebombo border post between South Africa and Mozambique on 12 January 2021. It remains closed for arrivals following the announcement of new regulations by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News.

    300 Mozambicans deported after trying to enter SA illegally

    This happened on Tuesday while Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza was visiting the border to monitor operations.

    574 days ago
  • The Beitbridge border post between South African and Zimbabwe. Picture: @HomeAffairsSA/Twitter

    Home Affairs Dept says working avoid repaeat of Beitbridge border delays

    The department has finally managed to clear a traffic jam at the busy border that saw people camping out for days.

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

    DA to Motsoaledi: Tell us who helped Bushiris escape or resign

    “Those are the officials to be held responsible and if they don’t want to give us the names of those officials, the buck stops with the minister. The minister must take the fall, he must resign.”

    625 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa is taken through the visa process by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi at the Home Affairs head office in Tshwane on 4 October 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    WATCH: Ramaphosa makes progress check on Home Affairs Dept

    President Cyril Ramaphosa is visiting the Home Affairs head office in Tshwane as part of his commitment to promote good governance and professionalism in the public sector.

    1041 days ago
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    SAns living abroad to wait 6 months for finalisation of passport applications

    This was revealed by Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi in a written parliamentary reply on Tuesday.

    1100 days ago
  • Marriage fraud victim Nomathamsanqa Swartbooi speaks to the media after Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi apologizes to her for what happened to her. Advocate Erin-Diane Richards stands next to her. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Motsoaledi apologises to victims of fraudulent marriages

    Nomathamsanqa Swartbooi was among those struggling to get assistance from the Department of Home Affairs after discovering she was fraudulently married to an unknown man.

    1156 days ago
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