Home Affairs

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Orphaned child’s 10-year battle for a birth certificate

Family caught in catch-22 situation

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News | 28 November 2017

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Zimbabwean’s endless temporary permit renewal nightmare

In eight years Althea Roberts has had 21 extensions to her asylum seeker permit

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News | 24 November 2017

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Eastern Cape woman’s 23 year struggle to correct her ID

Nomboxo Kafile can’t access her old age grant because of the error

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News | 15 June 2017

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“Home Affairs said I was a foreigner because of my vaccination marks”

PE woman claims she was turned away; Home Affairs denies this

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News | 8 March 2017

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Home Affairs office loses asylum documents

"How can I work without my asylum?"

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News | 28 November 2016

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After five trips from Cape Town to Pretoria, Malawian immigrant still has no papers

Charles Mkwapatira has spent a month in prison, and R15,000 - all for nothing

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News | 27 October 2016

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“My life is on standstill thanks to Home Affairs”

Two men born on the same day with the same name have the same ID number

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News | 17 August 2016

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Visa company bureaucracy trips up Zimbabweans

Over 4,000 Zimbabwean still do not have their special permits

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News | 8 August 2016

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Court orders Home Affairs to renew asylum seekers’ documents

A “big relief for thousands” says refugee organisation

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Brief | 9 June 2016