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Parliament wants full brief from Gigaba on new visa rules
Committee chair Hlomani Chauke says the decision, announced by Gigaba on Tuesday, could enhance intra-Africa trade and tourism.
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Home Affairs to 'simplify' rules of travel for foreign national children
Minister Malusi Gigaba announced amendments to the visa regulations on Tuesday morning.
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Parly won’t allow ex-officials to dodge inquiry on Gupta naturalisation
Parliament's Home Affairs Committee has drawn up a preliminary list of witnesses that possibly includes a former ANN7 employee, who now lives in India.
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Gigaba, former ministers could testify in Parly probe into Gupta naturalisation
The former ministers include Mangosuthu Buthelezi, and current Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
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Parliament hears govt's entire IT system was affected by power outage
The head of the State Information Technology Agency has told Parliament the power outage that caused Home Affairs systems to shutdown triggered a "catastrophic event" that affected all of government.
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Home Affairs promises services will be back by Monday
The Home Affairs Department has confirmed that its system is now functional and back online.
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Home Affairs offices shutdown due to power failure
The failure has led to its offices being unable to offer a range of services.
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Home Affairs Dept slammed over Cape refugee office delay
The Public Works Department has confirmed the facility expected to be ready by 1 January.
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Gigaba confident Home Affairs will be 'fully' digital in future
South Africa currently has 900 million paper records that have to be processed manually, which is time consuming.
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25 undocumented foreigners nabbed in CT raid - Gigaba
The aim of the blitz was to ensure businesses are adhering to immigration laws and not exploiting foreign nationals.
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[LISTEN] Home Affairs officers allowed to opt out of marrying same-sex couples
Matthew Clayton, Research, Advocacy and Policy manager at the Triangle Project says this has made it increasingly difficult to get married at Home Affairs offices.
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Nehawu defends Home Affairs official distracted by phone
In a video which has gone viral on social media, the Home Affairs official is seen looking distracted by her cell phone while on duty.
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'Nearly half of naturalised Guptas in SA from controversial family'
Home Affairs has recorded a total of 62 people in the country with the surname Gupta. They say 39 are not citizens and 10 were born in this country.
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Gigaba shares plans for improving Home Affairs Dept
The minister addressed senior management at the department’s offices in Pretoria on Friday morning.
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Home Affairs Dept in talks with banks to expand smart ID applications
The Home Affairs Department says discussions are still underway with banks willing to participate in the system to provide people with smart ID cards.
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Home Affairs: Green bar-coded ID books still valid
The department has called on the general public to ignore what it calls 'mischievous messages'.
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Home Affairs Dept extends hours, deploys extra staff to borders
The department says it will be working with law enforcement agencies on several integrated operations.
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Home Affairs introduces new machine-readable travel documents for refugees
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan says that the new documents are more secure and should facilitate safer travel for refugees.
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Home Affairs monitoring borders in wake of Zim political tension
Speaking at Parliament on Wednesday, Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan says the government is not anticipating a huge amount of movement of people at this time.
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Thought leaders discuss international migration policies
Thought leaders have gathered at the Wits Club in Johannesburg to discuss whether the department's migration policies are safe and in line with the African Development Agenda Vision 2063.
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Growing backlogs at Home Affairs raise concerns
The Home Affairs Department says while it’s in talks with unions, offices will be closed again this weekend.
