Home affairs department
Motsoaledi 'worried’ about 2019 system crash affecting SA's economy
The system crash in 2019 also saw the loss of information and scores of CVs of people applying for government jobs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
