Home Affairs
Rights organisations criticise proposed refugee law
Scalabrini warns that adopting the First Safe Country Principle could erode refugee protection and disproportionately affect African asylum seekers
Law | 2 February 2026
Zimbabwe and Lesotho permits extended to May 2027
Helen Suzman Foundation urges Home Affairs minister to fast-track talks with the public over the future of the permits
Brief | 9 October 2025
After a decades-long struggle and a court order, Primrose Modisane finally has a birth certificate
Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials
Law | 5 August 2025
Hundreds march in Pretoria in protest over blocked IDs
Protesters say their identity documents are still blocked, despite a court judgment
Brief | 4 July 2025
Home Affairs has left a quarter of a million people waiting years for birth certificates
The Children’s Institute has taken government to court over its late birth registration backlog
Law | 17 June 2025
Judge slams Home Affairs for “unintelligible, illogical babble” in gay case
Immigration official rejected the asylum application of a man from Chad who was imprisoned solely for homosexuality
Law | 4 June 2025
No identity eight years after submitting DNA evidence
Home Affairs incompetence leaves young woman stateless for decades
News | 25 April 2025
Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed
“My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu
News | 17 April 2025
Immigration Advisory Board appointed for the first time in a decade, says Schreiber
13-member Board will be advising the Home Affairs minister on matters relating to immigration policy, strategy, and implementation
Brief | 4 April 2025