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Ministers in 'rare' public spat over visa regulations
The ministers of Tourism & Home Affairs are at loggerheads over the new visa rules.
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Tourism Minister: We need to find an alternative to visa regulations
Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom speaks to 702’s John Robbie about the impact of the newly implemented visa regulations on the Tourism industry.
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Academic says UK is censoring academic freedom
Na'eem Jeenah was planning to visit the country to attend a conference organised by the European Council.
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'New visa rules contradict Children’s Act'
The Centre for Child Law says the new regulations are far too costly & impractical for single parents.
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Home Affairs denies fabricating child trafficking figures
The dept denies fabricating numbers to push for the implementation of new visa laws.
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SA visa hurdle leaves Dutch teens in limbo
The group were unable to board their flight to attend a youth conference.
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New visa rule forces Dutch teenagers to turn back
The minors were allegedly unable to produce unabridged birth certificates and parental consent affidavits.
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Home Affairs to track down dads who fled SA with their children
The department says it’s investigating how the children were taken despite the new visa regulations.
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'New visa regulations need better enforcement'
Home Affairs maintains the new regulations are necessary to combat child trafficking.
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Understanding new visa & unabridged birth certificate regulations
Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni and Tourism Business Council chief executive Mmatsatsi Ramawela discuss South Africa's new visa regulations.
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'Drop in tourism not linked to new visa rules'
Home Affairs says xenophobic attacks & Ebola could have led to the decrease in visitor figures.
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Travel bodies monitor impact of new visa regulations
There has been a drop in air ticket sales to South Africa since the implementation of the stricter laws.
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Visa confusion hinders trade, travel in central Africa
Report says trade is a key to unlocking the growth potential of the continent’s 1 billion consumers.
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Tourism Dept says no new visa review
Officials however said Cabinet was closely watching an existing review closely.
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Home Affairs: Tourism industry should blame itself for low numbers
The dept says the tourism industry deliberately caused confusion about the new visa regulations.
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'New visa rules have hurt ticket sales to SA'
The South African Tourism Services Association describes the situation as 'cataclysmic'.
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Indian tour group's plans derailed due to new visa rules
A child in the group wasn’t granted a visa because of confusion around the unabridged birth certificate.
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Travel agents predict chaos as new SA visa rules loom
SA’s new visa rules for children will be rolled out come Monday 1 June & Association Of South African Travel Agents (Asata) CEO Otto de Vries has warned that the travel and tourism industry is expecting chaos.
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‘Chaos and confusion surround new travel regulations’
The new rules require children traveling into and out of SA to have their unabridged birth certificates.
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SA tourism to be ‘badly hit’ by new visa rules
Sun International expects markets to be down by at least 60% percent when new regulations come into effect.
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The tourism industry & new visa regulations
CT Tourism CEO Enver Duminy discusses how the tourism industry will adjust to new regulations that people travelling in & out of SA will be required to have unabridged birth certificates for the children.
