Home Affairs
Zimbabweans trying to leave SA not being turned back: Home Affairs explains
The department says people without valid documents are being referred to documentation counters but choose not to go
Brief | 19 September 2022
We travel to Harare with returning Zimbabweans
It’s an unhappy journey marked by xenophobia and an uncertain future
News | 30 August 2022
Government defends its decision to end Zimbabwean permits
Home Affairs files opposing affidavit in ZEP case brought by the Helen Suzman Foundation
Law | 22 August 2022
As deadline approaches Zimbabweans face a stark choice: start from zero in a broken country or live undocumented in SA
From 1 January 2023, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans and their children will no longer be able to live, work and go to school legally in the republic
News | 23 June 2022
Home Affairs’ refugee office to re-open in Cape Town, ten years after it was closed
The closure meant refugees could only apply for asylum in Durban, Musina, Gqeberha or Pretoria
News | 26 May 2022
Home Affairs does nothing to help disabled learners get IDs
The state is denying learners their rights, says lawyer
By Liezl Human
News | 17 May 2022
People wait in the cold and rain for hours outside Home Affairs in Mitchells Plain
“Most of us have been standing here since 3am” says 60-year-old man
News | 14 April 2022
Scrapping Zim permit will cause humanitarian crisis, warn activists
180,000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders face an uncertain fate at the end of this year
News | 28 February 2022
Dumped and abandoned: the fate of those evicted from JHB’s inner city
City threatens to evict people who have already been evicted
News | 28 February 2022