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President Cyril Ramaphosa: Escalation of measures to combat Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
23 Mar 2020 My fellow South Africans, It is a week since we declared the coronavirus pandemic a...

State of Disaster: Immigration Directive No 7 of 2020 (Covid-19)
On 17 March 2020 the Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron P Motsoaledi issued a directive, nullifying the...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Measures to combat Coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic
15 Mar 2020 Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on measures to combat COVID-19 epidemic Fellow South...

Anarchy rules at Home Affairs
Repost from Mail & Guardian HOME AFFAIRS The department of home affairs has failed in its...

Is it time for a blanket amnesty for illegal foreigners living in South Africa?
The South African government ought to reallocate the funds it uses for orchestrating deportations and...

Family unity prevails at last in the Constitutional Court!
As of 28 June 2019, foreign spouses and minor children of South African citizens or permanent residents...

The Recontextualisation of South Africa’s Immigration System – A Journey of State Capture and Possible Release
South Africa is currently on the brink of immigration reform. The country’s sixth national elections...

Immigration Act upended by legal chaos
Immigration Act South Africa Hidden in South Africa’s immigration system is the secret to its...

Home affairs minister abdicates his duties
“Our Constitution requires a humane treatment of people but functionaries fail to recognise this” In...

A Sordid State of Affairs
In December 2018, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took the decision to extend its contract with...