The Department of Home Affairs refused the application for renewal of passports from the Guptas, and with it began another phase to capture the controversial figures. The Gupta brothers have travelled all over the world with SA passports as if they are citizens of the country. In the meantime, an attempt is being made to..
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Gupta brothers: Renewal of SA passports denied
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The Department of Home Affairs faces about R2 billion in claims due to their inability to meet expected services as well as incompetence to maintain law and order in its immigration department
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The Department of Home Affairs already has claims worth about R2 billion that come from civilians because of its inability to meet expected services. The claims are still growing due to the legal costs involved in the construction of cases that had to be resolved in court and of which the Department was apparently ordered..
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Stats show that there has been a sharp rise in SA migrants, with 8,200 people moving to New Zealand between April 2018 and April 2019
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New emigration statistics show that an increasing number of South Africans are leaving for Australia and New Zealand. This is backed by local information from immigration companies who have also reported a rise in the number of queries from South Africans looking to move their families overseas. The Department of Home Affairs does not keep..
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SA Citizen whom is in possession of a green ID booklet must take late mother to Department of Home Affairs otherwise he is recorded as illegal immigrant
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The 45-year-old Robert Masuku has been voting in the elections since 1994, but now a new turn has taken place. The Department of Home Affairs informed him that he had to bring his late mother because otherwise he will be considered as an illegal immigrant. If his late mother does not come, he cannot get..
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DA is very ‘confident in finding success’ in challenging Malusi Gigaba and Bathabile Dlamini reappointments
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is confident it will succeed in legal challenge of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reappointment of Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and Minister in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini.
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DA – Bathabile Dlamini, Malusi Gigaba ‘acted dishonestly’, not fit to hold office
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Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and Minister in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini have “acted dishonestly” and are not “fit and proper” to hold positions in Cabinet, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said in court papers.
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Hundreds of thousands of foreigners illegally in SA
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A shocking 384 000 people were illegal in South Africa during the 2016 -17 financial year. According to Jacques Julius, DA MP, 384 000 foreigners entered the country with documents, most of whom had visas for a few months. However, there is no official indication that these people have ever left the country. Solly Msimanga,..
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The DA outlines immigration plan to deal with our ‘porous borders’
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According to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the department of home affairs has failed in its mandate to secure the country’s borders because it is “crippled by corruption and inefficiency”.
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Competence may not just be our thing after all
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Department of Home Affairs official shows that you don’t have to be competent to do your job, all you need is a cellphone and a rubber stamp, then you good to go!
Watch how she does it!
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How the Guptas ‘stole’ jobs from South Africans
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The caveat for bringing foreign workers into SA is that they must school South Africans in their job. The Gupta family’s capture of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) may have kept scores of South Africans out of jobs. The family and its businesses turned the DHA into their own private permit-issuing factory, using top..
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All African citizens to enter SA without visas in near feature
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South Africa is working towards allowing all African citizens to enter the country without visas – but at first “trusted travellers” like diplomats, officials, academics, business people and students will be the only ones to benefit. The Department of Home Affairs outlines the steps that will be taken towards scrapping visa requirements in its latest..
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