South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has told delegates of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), the country’s upper chamber of parliament, of the reforms his department his...
Children born abroad with one South African parent have right to citizenship - ConCourt 30 January 2023 – GroundUp • The Constitutional Court finalised a seven-year legal battle fought by Lawyers...
Twitter – 27 May 2022 No matter where you talk about the lack of jobs that South Africans are facing or the skyrocketing crime rate, the bottom line is that the words "illegal" and "immigrant" will come up.
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has backtracked on its new Immigration Regulations but still has several new initiatives in the pipeline for South Africa. Minister of Home Affairs Aaron...
Fear and confusion rife among foreign nationals about accessing Covid jab in South Africa Daily Maverick 22 September 2021 Foreign nationals living in SA who have some form of identification...
Nationals from South Africa will have one less country allowing unrestricted entry to SA passport holders from next year. Passport holders from South Africa are set to face more entry...
The "Afrikaans Uber" service Wanatu is taking legal action against Tshwane's authorities over its crackdown of e-hailing vehicles. The company has received the support of hundreds of drivers across...
News 24 – 25 March 2022 With every second South African youth with a post-matric education becoming an employer, we will have enough jobs for even more foreign nationals, writes Alex Mabunda. One of the things I always look forward to, driving to and from work, is listening to talk radio, more so when it is an open line, where listeners share their views on various current affairs topics.
SA People - 15 Jun, 2022 great news for South Africans in the UK with the announcement that they can now apply for their passports through VFS Global, with immediate effect. We won’t rehash the nightmare tales of South Africans trying to phone the SA High Commission for weeks on end with no reply (there’s a special time of day to call), and sending emails that felt like they were ignored (in some cases they were if the subject was not exactly correct).
South Africa is set to briefly overtake Nigeria and Egypt as the continent’s largest economy next year, International Monetary Fund forecasts show. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook envisions...
Businesstech – 11 August 2022 South Africa needs to increase the number of researchers and technicians it has at its disposal if it wants to remain globally competitive in innovation. This was one of the key issues raised in the 2022 South African Science, Technology And Innovation Indicators Report, published by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation on Friday (29 July).
South Africans who were alarmed by former Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s comments in June that their green ID books would soon become invalid can breathe easy: the pace at which the...
Skewed attitudes against migrants in South Africa’s public health system fuel medical xenophobia By Paul Kariuki and Tawanda Matema• 26 September 2021 2021 The basic human right to healthcare...
Mayor of Quelimane, the fifth-largest city in Mozambique, Manuel Lopes de Arajo has urged the South African government to heighten its intervention in the neighbouring country, warning that failure...
South Africa is set to simplify travel for Indian tourists by introducing a 90-day visa waiver starting in January 2025. Along with the Trusted Tour Operator Scheme, these initiatives aim to...
Insured South Africans can see a motor vehicle claim paid out, even if they were known to be speeding. In a case before the Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance, the insured submitted a claim for...
Spousal Visa Renewal in South Africa -Intro & Overview Introduction and Overview Renewing a spousal visa in South Africa allows non-South African...
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the next phase of the Smart ID rollout will allow naturalised citizens to apply for the card, followed by permanent residence permit holders. Both these...
International Tourism Association’s Fred Duma said the visa backlog was now sitting at more than 95 000 applications. Tourist arrivals in South Africa hit a positive trend, with improvements in the...
This particular mess was triggered by Aaron Motsoaledi’s failure to amend an unconstitutional law that allowed for the detention of irregular migrants for 120 days. Legal grievances against the...
