The High Court ruled against the minister and he failed in his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal
Law | 6 March 2024
Minister Motsoaledi wanted leave to appeal a ruling that declared the termination of the Zimbabwean permit programme unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid
Law | 23 February 2024
Judge gives scathing ruling with punitive cost order
Law | 17 January 2024
Thousands of people across the country unable to access government services
News | 4 January 2024
Provisions in the Refugees Act introduced in January 2020 struck down for violating a number of fundamental rights
Law | 12 December 2023
New permits to be issued to the approximately 233,000 existing permit holders
Brief | 1 December 2023
Permit holders protected until at least June 2024
Law | 7 November 2023
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights
Law | 30 October 2023
About 700,000 identity documents are blocked
Law | 18 September 2023
About 100 people marched in the rain under the banner of #UniteBehind
Brief | 22 August 2023
Dozens queue, but the reception office in Gqeberha only serves 15 asylum seekers a day
By Tariro Washinyira and Joseph Chirume
News | 12 July 2023
The automatic loss of South African citizenship after gaining citizenship of another country has been ruled to be unconstitutional
News | 14 June 2023
Thabo Bester finally added to Home Affairs’s data system after three decades as “an unidentifiable person”
News | 22 May 2023
People have been struggling to renew their permits at Home Affairs in Musina since 2020
Brief | 20 February 2023
The department says people without valid documents are being referred to documentation counters but choose not to go
Brief | 19 September 2022
It’s an unhappy journey marked by xenophobia and an uncertain future
News | 30 August 2022