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...
On Sunday Carte Blanche reported on “Visa Vitriol”. Given our lagging economic growth and widespread lack of skills there is argument that South Africa should be the prime destination for professionals willing to bring their knowledge and experience here. Many...
Gary Eisenberg as interviewed on 702 #NightTalk’s Gugs Mhlungu and Sizwe Dhlomo Listen to the full interview here Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has the power to ban the anti-gay American Pastor Steven Anderson from entering South Africa, in terms of the...
A few days ago I had the honour of having breakfast with the Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, at the Cape Town Press Club. The Minister is a stylish gentlemen, articulate, with sharp intellectual acuity. While I engaged with him, he looked into the distance...
Legal proceedings against the Department of Home Affairs (‘the Department’) and its contracted visa application service provider, VFS Global, have been instituted in the Cape High Court with the objective of challenging the legitimacy of the appointment of VFS, the...
