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SA hospital reports foreign residents to Home Affairs
Robertson Hospital confiscated the passport of a 25-year-old Zimbabwean woman on 19 May after she went there to seek treatment.Chiedza* said that on the first day she sought treatment she was ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:00hrs | | by GroundUp
South Africa bans Home Affairs staff from using smartphones at work
Home Affairs staff who work with clients are banned from using cellphones to ensure their quality of work is not impacted., according to a ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff Writer
SA Home Affairs tells Zimbabweans awaiting permits to be patient,
The South African Department of Home Affairs has urged Zimbabweans who haven't yet received their special permits to be patient. The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) allows Zimbabweans living in South ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:30hrs | | by Tariro Washinyira I GroundUp
SA Home Affairs official tears up Zimbabwean child's passport
The Department of Home Affairs is once more embroiled in a legal battle.On September 21, court papers were filed in an application lodged against the minister and the director general (DG) for...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:22hrs | | by Tariro Washinyira, GroundUp
Zimbabweans in limbo after giving SA home affairs asylum papers
In 2009, the South African government introduced the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) to legalise the many Zimbabweans already inside the country because of the political and socio-economic s...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Turning to Afrocentric paradigm of conceptualising the 'nation'
As I sat to write this piece my mind was taken back to the academic wars that raged in the lecture rooms of my political science class. There were controversial modules which fuelled these gross debat...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
The new special dispensation permit, what it means for Zimbos
When tougher new immigration rules were first announced by the South African government earlier this year the...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 17:09hrs | | by Researched by Sintha Chiumia and Anim van Wyk
Zimbabwe Special Dispensation permits launched in SA
REMARKS BY MINISTER MALUSI GIGABA, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ZIMBABWEAN SPECIAL DISPENSATION PERMIT IN PRETORIA, 12 AUGUST, 2014Details P...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 12:31hrs | | by Malusi Gigaba
Decision on SA permits expected in August
On Monday South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba caused anxiety among immigrants when he said the South African government would not budge on its new immigration laws but would only 'deal'...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 17:50hrs | | by Mthulisi Mathuthu
This and that with Maluphosa:- Home sweet home!
I was at home affairs Marabastad on the early January. I made some disturbing observations from naughty to serious hatred. Two guys who looked like friends fought almost to the death- for nothing r...Published: 28 Jan 2011 at 13:19hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
South Africa: Home affairs hurries Zimbabwe papers
THE South African Department of Home Affairs has employed additional personnel to expedite the process of documenting Zimbabwean nationals illegally resident in SA.Last year, the department ex...Published: 07 Jan 2011 at 14:29hrs | | by Byo24 SA Correspondent
Large queues being managed: Home Affairs
Large queues are being managed as the deadline looms for Zimbabweans to apply to make their stay in South Africa legal, the home affairs department said Today (30 Dec 2010)."There are big numb...Published: 30 Dec 2010 at 17:44hrs | | by Byo24
South Africa Home Affairs officials get bail
Two home affairs officials arrested in Gauteng and Makhado over the past week as part of an alleged syndicate that sold illegal passports to foreigners were granted bail in the Pretoria Magistrate's C...Published: 30 Dec 2010 at 03:13hrs | | by Byo24
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