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Copyright World Economic Forum: www.weforum.org Last Friday, America’s President Trump issued an Executive Order, temporarily banning the entry of Syrian refugees, suspending the entire US refugee admission programme for 120 days, significantly reducing the number of refugees to be resettled in the US this year, and stemming all migration to the US from Iran, Iraq,Read more

Article credit: news24.com Cape Town – Unethical businesses that employ illegal immigrants are going to be dealt with harshly and managers will be arrested for not adhering to the law, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba warned on Thursday. “Companies, businesses: Be warned. We are coming for you. We will charge them, there’s no doubt. TheRead more

Article credit: Cape Argus report (subscription needed) Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has clarified that all businesses – not just those in the hospitality or construction sectors – were required to have a workforce of at least 60% SA citizens in their employ, says a Cape Argus report. Gigaba said his department was preparing forRead more

Article credit: www.weforum.org Image credit:OpenStreetMap One of the biggest mass movements of people in recent history continues to dominate news headlines and political discourse. The defining images of the refugee crisis have been those showing hundreds of flimsy boats arriving on the beaches of southern Europe. Each one disembarks a human cargo of desperate andRead more

Article credit: www.home-affairs.gov.za Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs wishes to confirm the closure of three ports of entry in the Limpopo province due to over flooding. These are the Zanzibar, Platjan and the Pontdrift ports of entry. At Platjan, water has been covering the nearby bridge since 24 February 2017 and travellers areRead more

Copyright: www.vox.com Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Current policy could be improved, but American greatness depends on welcoming foreigners. George Washington set in motion a strategy so radical that it made this country the wealthiest and strongest on Earth — it made America great. Immigration. He embraced a vision for an open America that couldRead more

The Department of Home Affairs received permanent residence applications prior to 02 June 2014 utilising the Track and Trace system. The Department has noted that it does not have 4 616 applications on hand as per Track and Trace system. In this regard, Mr Mkuseli Apleni, the Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs, underRead more

Article credit: news24 Johannesburg – Children born in SA to foreign parents are entitled to apply for citizenship, the Western Cape High Court ruled on Thursday, the Legal Resources Centre said. “The LRC are pleased with the judgment which affirms the rights of our clients to be treated with dignity and not to be renderedRead more

8 September 2017 Article Credit: Department of Home Affairs Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and once more welcome, and thank you for attending. The purpose of the media briefing is to announce the expiry, on 31 December 2017, of the Zimbabwean Special Permit (ZSP) which started in 2014, and was issued for a period ofRead more

10 January 2018 Statement by Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni at the media briefing to correct false reports on date of termination of green-barcoded ID books, held in Pretoria, on 10 January 2018 Article credit: RSA Home Affairs Members of the media, I welcome all of you to our first briefing in the New Year.Read more