On 17 March 2020 the Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron P Motsoaledi issued a directive, nullifying the visa exemptions of passport holders of the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong and Portugal. This is unprecedented in the history of...
15 Mar 2020 Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on measures to combat COVID-19 epidemic Fellow South Africans, I am addressing you this evening on a matter of great national importance. The world is facing a medical emergency far graver than what we have...
Repost from Mail & Guardian HOME AFFAIRS The department of home affairs has failed in its constitutional mandate. This is a statistical truth. From 2017 to 2018, the high court in Cape Town handed down 19 orders to clients of my law firm, directing the department...
The South African government ought to reallocate the funds it uses for orchestrating deportations and running overcrowded jails to the empirical research necessary to understand the collective value of foreigners, including illegal foreigners, to the South African...
As of 28 June 2019, foreign spouses and minor children of South African citizens or permanent residents in possession of visitor visas are no longer required to return to their home countries to apply for and obtain long-term visas. This was the landmark judgment...
South Africa is currently on the brink of immigration reform. The country’s sixth national elections will be held on 8 May 2019 – a watershed moment following the resignation of President Jacob Zuma on 14 February 2018. During the decade of Zuma’s presidency, South...
