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Home affairs warns people of delays at ports of entry
On average, 130,000 travellers’ documents have been processed daily since the start of the holiday season.
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30 home affairs officials nabbed for corruption in 6 months
A senior home affairs official was arrested by the Hawks while she was accepting a R40,000 bribe.
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New biometric capturing system for SA airports
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba inspected a biometric capturing pilot project at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday. He says the new system will be in place at all ports of entry next year.
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Smart IDs now available at all Home Affairs offices in Gauteng
The roll-out of smart IDs started last year, with the elderly and young people applying first.
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'No special treatment' while SA visa rules get amended
Actor Idris Elba was unable to enter SA after failing to produce an unabridged certificate for his daughter.
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Home Affairs offices will be offline for a week
The department has alerted clients that 140 of its offices around SA will be offline from next Friday.
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Hawks arrest 18 cops, 2 officials at border post
The suspects were taken into custody while on duty for allegedly helping smugglers.
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Home Affairs given 3 months to reopen PE refugee centre
This comes after its Constitutional Court bid, appealing a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment, failed.
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SA to relax visa rules after tourism industry suffers
Industry leaders have said the new rules are costing around $540 million a year in lost revenue.
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Gigaba: New passport system will be 'seamless'
SA passports will now be issued through banks, starting with Nedbank next week.
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Hanekom: I'm not at loggerheads with Gigaba over visa laws
The Tourism Minister says he and his Home Affairs counterpart share a common purpose of protecting SA.
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Cope calls on Home Affairs minister to address corruption
The party has urged Malusi Gigaba to do more to tackle corruption at Home Affairs offices in the country.
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Visa negligence gets UK baby banned from SA
Officials say the UK-born child had overstayed on her visa by 18 days and would be banned for 5 years.
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‘99% of Zimbabwean permit applications adjudicated’
Malusi Gigaba says only 26,000 of the 198,000 approved permits must still be picked up from centres.
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East London child snatcher may have skipped SA
The Hawks assisted by Interpol and Home Affairs officials are probing the disappearance of the little girl.
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Police launch manhunt after nanny abducts child
It’s understood the nanny asked for R500,000 ransom from the child’s parents.
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Operation Fiela seizes R800k worth of counterfeit goods
Thirteen premises and more than a 100 vehicles were searched in Parow.
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ANALYSIS: Is there new evidence on SA child trafficking numbers?
Africa Check asks if there’s new data to back the claim that 30,000 children are trafficked each year in SA.
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Corruption at Home Affairs refugee centres in the spotlight
Corruption Watch says Home Affairs officials are running a black market at the expense of vulnerable refugees.
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Calls for Home Affairs to end corruption at refugee centres
Foreign nationals reportedly have to pay bribes at reception offices to have their paperwork finalised.
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Dutch teens expected in SA this week
The eight were forced to return to the Netherlands for failing to produce unabridged birth certificates.
