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With the vaccine rollout currently in process in South Africa, and lockdown restrictions gradually easing, where can South Africans fly to internationally?

Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced a range of changes to help deal with long queues typically experienced at the Department of Home Affairs.

The Department of Home Affairs has announced that it will only resume the processing of permanent residency permits in South Africa from next year.

According to Henley & Partners, South Africa has lost three places in the rankings, so that South African passport holders are now able to access 102 destinations without obtaining a prior visa.

The crash in international tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic could cause a loss of more than $4 trillion to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). In a report published this week, the agency said that the world is unlikely to reachRead more

180 would-be immigrants and their immigration services providers have hauled South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs to court for delays of six years and more in attempting to secure permanent residence permits.

Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the validity period of legally issued visas which expired during the lockdown period.

Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that his department plans to officially roll out their e-visa system later this year. Motsoaledi said that the rollout is envisaged to commence in the second quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year for short-term visitor visa applications.

The prospect of a harder lockdown in South Africa could see it lose out on potential Northern hemisphere travel and tourism in the coming weeks – while international travel suspensions and restrictions remain in place as the country gets hit by a third wave of infections.

State Information Technology Agency (SITA) boss Luvuyo Keyise has hit back at Aaron Motsoaledi, South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs, after Motsoaledi suggested that his department’s ills can all be traced back to SITA.