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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...
Home affairs foils ‘SA open for business’
IMMIGRATION At the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South...
Immigration white paper critically flawed
South Africa’s immigration legislation is set to be amended by March next year, purportedly under the...
UCT graduates coached over work visa scheme hurdles
Students tackle red tape around work permits Strategies to stay on in South Africa following graduation...
MIDSA, Pretoria 11-13 September 2018
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in collaboration with the...
DHA openly extorting money from Asylum Seekers according to Portfolio Committee
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has expressed concern about criminal activity taking...
Gigaba appears to be attempting to “dodge” a parliamentary inquiry
Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba appears to be attempting to “dodge” a parliamentary inquiry next...
What’s happening with the ZEPs?
The majority of the estimated 200,000 Zimbabweans who applied for Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP)...
DHA nonoperational due to SITA power outage
A power outage at the State Information Technology Agency (Sita) on Friday left home affairs virtually...
Hoosen: Gigaba’s war on queues a “farce”
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has set out to disprove Malusi Gigaba’s claim that he was winning the...
Gigaba: DHA’s War on queues a slow start
The Department of Home Affairs’ campaign to improve efficiency in its branches is off to a slow...
South Africa: Travelling with minor children update
Stringent travel regulations for foreign minors were once again a central topic at a conference held by...
South African Refugees approach: Humanitarian in appearance, inhumane in reality
Claire van den Heever looks into the current situation of South Africa's Refugees and interviews...
South African immigration: Overstay and Notice of Undesirability
Many foreigners only become aware of the severe consequences of having overstayed the validity of their...
A parallel, shadow regime has hijacked control of SA’s borders
Malusi Gigaba's Border Management Authority Bill would be a silent coup, seizing powers from other...
Legal Representation in South African Immigration Proceedings: Rights & Necessities
Here are some salient extracts of the article, written by Gary Eisenberg as published on Who's Who...