Home Affairs
Activists sceptical about Home Affairs’ ability to move refugee process online
Department extends validity of asylum and refugee permits until 30 June
Brief | 14 April 2021
KZN church leaders speak out against xenophobia
MK vet leader says the organisation’s name has been dragged “to the ground” by attackers claiming to be veterans
Brief | 8 April 2021
Refugee leader detained for over 120 days
Aline Bukuru has been separated from her three children who remain in the Bellville camp without a guardian
News | 24 March 2021
Department of Home Affairs flouts court orders, year after year
Still no functional refugee reception office in Cape Town
News | 23 March 2021
Refugee organisations stage ceremony pretending that Home Affairs has resumed services
Asylum seekers are desperate for government to start serving them again
News | 19 March 2021
Home Affairs bureaucracy: Woman can’t get an ID or register her child’s birth
Tashreeqa Isaacs’s life is mired in red tape because of an error that happened 18 years ago
Brief | 15 March 2021
Zimbabwean couple demand gay rights
Yet having fled Zimbabwe, they face “corrupt, homophobic and xenophobic” Home Affairs in South Africa, says NGO
News | 26 February 2021
Home Affairs considers scrapping male and female ID numbers
Gender activists welcome draft new identity management policy, with some reservations
News | 18 February 2021
Dozens risk arrest for flouting lockdown rules to try to apply for IDs
But minister Motsoaledi this week temporarily suspended certain services, including applications for new IDs, passports and all marriage services
News | 14 January 2021