Home Affairs
Little improvement at Home Affairs office despite Malusi Gigaba’s promises
People arrive hours before opening time and still queue for hours after the Pietermaritzburg office opens
Brief | 18 July 2018
Woman had to buy fake permit to get child into school
No place at school without a study permit, but no study permit without a place in school, complain Zimbabwean parents
News | 10 May 2018
Refugee organisations take Home Affairs to court for defying judges
More than a month after the deadline, still no fully functioning refugee centre in Cape Town
News | 10 May 2018
Woman who gave birth twice in one year can’t get birth certificate
Nompumelelo Caluza had a child in January and twins prematurely in October. Home Affairs doesn’t think it’s possible.
Brief | 8 May 2018
Home Affairs bungle separates man from pregnant wife
Immigration official violates policy, preventing Zimbabwean from entering South Africa
News | 26 April 2018
Home Affairs defying court order, says LRC
Five years of court battles to get Home Affairs to honour constitutional rights of refugees
News | 14 March 2018
Eight years and counting for Home Affairs to fix clerical error
Wrong gender recorded on twin’s birth certificate
Brief | 13 March 2018
Cape Town refugee centre must be opened by end of March
Constitutional Court rejects Home Affairs application for leave
Brief | 15 December 2017