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SA's Home Affairs DG Mkuseli Apleni quits
Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba confirmed on Monday that the department's director general Mkuseli Apleni has resigned. "I would like to announce officially that the director-general of...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA suspends 'phone addict' immigration official
THE South African government has suspended an immigration official and her three supervisors at the Beitbridge Border Post after a video of her scrolling her smart phone as Zimbabwean travellers waite...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans panic as permit deadline approaches
Following months of uncertainty surrounding their stay in South Africa, thousands of Zimbabweans are now fretting over bank threats to freeze their accounts this month-end when their permits expire....Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by CAJ News
ZEP permits all to be issued by the end of September 2018
Speaking at a media briefing on the uptake of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) the Director General of the South African Department of Home Affairs Mkuseli Apleni said he expects all ZEP permits to...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 21:05hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
SA to extend permits applications
THE South African government is expected to extend its application deadline for Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) to alleviate congestion at offices dealing with applicants.The extension deadl...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Home Affairs DG placed on 'precautionary suspension'
South Africa, Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize announced that the department’s Director-General Mkuseli Apleni has been placed on precautionary suspension as of Monday.The minister anno...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
List of PR applications lost by South Africa Home Affairs department
Mr Mkuseli Apleni, the Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs, under the powers vested in him under Sections 26 and 27 of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act no. 13 of 2002) as amended, hereby ...Published: 09 May 2017 at 14:39hrs | | by Ndou Paul
SA Home Affairs department lose 4,616 permanent residence applications
Re-application for PRP for those who applied prior to 02 June 2014.The Department of Home Affairs received permanent residence applications prior to 02 June 2014 utilising the Track and Trace ...Published: 09 May 2017 at 14:31hrs | | by Ndou Paul
SA approves 197,790 permits for Zimbabweans
SOUTH Africa has so far approved 197,790 permits out of a total of 208,967 applications made under the Zimbabwe Special Permits (ZSP) programme. ZSP, which was introduced in August last year, allows Z...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Zimbabwe deports a South African girl in 'tit for tat game'
A South African mother claims Zimbabwean immigration officers deported her 12-year-old daughter on arrival in Harare in a "tit for tat game".She said her daughter was travelling on an emergenc...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 10:26hrs | | by Times LIVE
SA introduces new border rules
South Africa will today start to roll out its new visa rules for children that are set to affect thousands of Zimbabwean travelers.This means children will need an unabridged birth certificate...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by IOL
Zimbabweans could be stranded at Beitbridge Boarder post
Zimbabweans travelling to and from South Africa could be stranded at the BeitBridge Border post as South African immigration officials are reportedly on strike.According to a statement by Sou...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Over 3,000 Zimbabwean stuck at Lindela in SA
OVER 3,000 Zimbabwean illegal immigrants are stuck at the Lindelani Repatriations Holding Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa amid reports that the country's Department of Home Affairs has no funds t...Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 11:14hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
SA department of home affairs warning of corruption at refugee reception office
The Department of Home Affairs has taken note of reports of alleged corrupt practices at the Marabastad Refugee Reception Office in Pretoria where foreign nationals apply for documentation and asylum...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA temporarily stops arrest and deportation of Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEANS based in neighbouring South Africa in possession of the expired Dispensation for Zimbabweans Project (DZP) permits will not be deported or arrested for being illegal immigrants in that cou...Published: 13 Oct 2014 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
SA's Zimbabwe special permits process hits snag
THE processing of new special permits for Zimbabweans wishing to work or study in South Africa started yesterday but was bogged down by technical glitches on that country's Visa Facilities Service...Published: 02 Oct 2014 at 22:25hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
South Africa flushes out illegal immigrants
SOUTH AFRICA has issued a deportation warning starting this week on Zimbabweans resident in that country who failed to acquire permits under the 2010 Dispensation for Zimbabwe Project (DZP). ...Published: 28 Sep 2014 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA bans Zimbabwean woman for 'overstaying'
A GWANDA woman has been banned from entering South Africa for one year following a mistake by the neighbouring country's immigration officials who erroneously concluded that she had overstayed by fou...Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA tells anxious Zimbabweans to be calm
SOUTH AFRICA'S Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni has urged Zimbabweans to be patient on permits and not to panic saying his department would make "an announcement on how this process will b...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA advises Zim permit holders to be patient
South Africa has advised Zimbabwean nationals who were given permits in 2010 under the Dispensation for Zimbabweans programme to 'wait patiently and with no panic' as Pretoria moves to review the proc...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 10:34hrs | | by Mthulisi Mathuthu
Mohadi, Gigaba to meet over new immigration laws
IN a move that might bring relief to millions of Zimbabweans living in South Africa, Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi will be engaging his South African counterpart, Mr Malusi Gigaba, to find common...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:10hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
South African Critical Skills Visa List
South African Critical Skills Visa List, what you need to know according ...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 17:31hrs | | by Robbie Ragless
SA govt stops processing permits for Zimbabweans
The MDC-T SA has reacted with shock and horror to the directive by the South African Department of Home Affairs instructing its officials to stop processing any document related to the Zimbabwe Docume...Published: 17 May 2014 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA to renew permits issued to Zimbabweans
South Africa will renew most permits issued under the Zimbabwe Documentation Project, the Zimbabwean reported.A source from within the Department of Home Affairs said this would however, hinge...Published: 10 Feb 2014 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA home affairs clamps down on fake IDs
Pretoria - Numerous mechanisms have been adopted to curb the fraudulent issuing of documents by dishonest home affairs officials, director general Mkuseli Apleni said on Thursday."To fight the...Published: 04 Oct 2013 at 05:20hrs | | by Sapa
Visa situation for Zimbabweans remains the same says SA
An official in the South African Home Affairs Department has quashed swirling speculation and rumours that they will be introducing visas for Zimbabwean nationals wishing to travel to South Africa. ...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA ID cards roll-out in July
Green, bar-coded identity books will be replaced with identity smart cards from July, Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday."We will begin with the issuing of the cards to new a...Published: 23 May 2013 at 11:11hrs | | by Sapa
SA considers tit-for-tat UK visa rules
Johannesburg - Frustrated by Britain's apparent reluctance to lift its visa requirements for South Africans, government is considering playing tit-for-tat and demanding the same from UK visitors....Published: 19 May 2013 at 16:54hrs | | by Gaye Davis, City Press
Travellers stuck in queues for long hours at Botswana Border Post
SCORES of travellers are being forced to return home after being stuck in queues for long hours a the Botswana Border Post because the authorities are failing to cope due to shortage of staff....Published: 02 Apr 2013 at 22:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans fall prey to permit fraud in SA
JOHANNESBURG- With the last batch of permits supposed to be issued out on the 31st of May, Zimbabweans have fallen prey to conmen here as they battle to beat the supposed deadline date.Scores ...Published: 27 Apr 2012 at 09:24hrs | | by Mkhululi Chimoio
South Africa ID disaster exposed
Pretoria - There are 121 000 South Africans who have more than one identity document or are sharing an identity number with someone else, home affairs officials said on Thursday."Currently the...Published: 02 Mar 2012 at 07:49hrs | | by Sapa
Zim govt to re-engage SA on documentation
THE Government will re-engage its South African counterpart to negotiate the second phase documentation exercise for Zimbabweans staying illegally in the neighbouring country, Co-Home Affairs Minister...Published: 25 Jan 2012 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe permit application process almost finished - SA Home Affairs
The Zimbabwean permit application process is almost finished and will close soon, the Homes Affairs Department confirmed on Thursday. This was announced at the department's weekly briefin...Published: 20 Jan 2012 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rights groups in South Africa fighting to stop asylum seekers from working and studying
Rights groups in South Africa have begun fighting efforts by that country to ...Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 10:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SA govt still has no idea how many Zimbabweans are in the country illegally
MORE than 130,000 undocumented immigrants in South Africa have benefited from special dispensation for Zimbabwean nationals, but SA government still has no idea how many Zimbabweans are in the countr...Published: 21 Sep 2011 at 06:02hrs | | by TM
Documentation of Zimbabweans in SA almost done
A report on the documentation of Zimbabwean nationals will be submitted to Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma by the end of September, says her department.After studying it, she was ...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 12:21hrs | | by Sapa
Zimbabwean ID fraudsters 'bleeding SA fiscus'
An interrogation of the impact of foreigners on the South African labour market at Parliament yesterday turned into a navel gazing operation in which the Home Affairs Department admitted there was an ...Published: 17 Aug 2011 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Business Report
South African permit backlog cleared: Home Affairs
The backlog in permits for foreign nationals has been cleared, Home Affairs Director General Mkuseli Apleni says.All applications up to the end of January 2011 had been ...Published: 30 Mar 2011 at 13:34hrs | | by Byo24News
South Africans to pay more for passports
South Africans must brace themselves for substantial tariff hikes on passports and the reissuing of identity documents by their Department of Home Affairs.This was discl...Published: 24 Mar 2011 at 14:24hrs | | by Byo24News
South Africa, 58 100 Zimbabwe passports yet to be processed
According to Zimbabwean authorities the country has received 58 100 applications for passports, of which 16 427 have been issued, South African home affairs said on Tuesday."There is therefor...Published: 18 Jan 2011 at 14:54hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Passport applications on hold
THE Zimbabwe government has closed fresh applications for passports by locals seeking to regularise their stay in South Africa. Co-Home Affairs minister Theres...Published: 14 Jan 2011 at 15:42hrs | | by Byo24News
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
4 days left for Zim immigrants to register
Johannesburg - Zimbabweans living in South Africa illegally have four days left to register for legal documents, the home affairs department said on Monday."The final bells for the registratio...Published: 28 Dec 2010 at 14:52hrs | | by SA Correspondent
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