Why the South African Government chose to close our country’s borders on 26 May 2014 remains a mystery. Our immigration regime has historically – at least since the end of apartheid in 1994 – been flexible and our labour market easily penetrable by foreign talent. The...
Dear Minister Mkhize, I congratulate you on your recent appointment as home affairs minister. I have no doubt that you have the intellectual acuity, experience and strength of personality to move people into the realm of excellence. But more than anything, I hope that...
By Mavuso Msimang Extract of the keynote address by Mavuso Msimang, former Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs, delivered on the 20th Anniversary of Eisenberg & Associates (as published by City Press). We must recognise that the human species was...
In a recent article, How South Africa is Becoming a Closed Society, I decried the endemic, chaotic, inefficiency at the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). I warned that bureaucratic barriers to the inflow of foreigners are threatening South Africa’s viability as a...
As the world witnesses the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, South Africa and the African continent begin assessing the implications this presidency will have on economic, investment and migration between the two continents. Donald...
