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The Department of Home Affairs is piloting a new e-booking system which it says will drastically reduce long queues and wait times at its offices.

We provide an assessment of the newly released list of critical skills in South Africa, and their impact on corporates in the country.

Refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa have blamed persistent failures of South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) online system for being late in their applications.

In the first update since 2014, South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has published its critical skills list for South Africa, outlining the skills which are in short supply in the country.

Sources inside the Department of Home Affairs have told the City Press that Home Affairs officials are methodically breaking down systems as part of widespread corruption within the department.

Government is in the process of developing the new National Identity System (NIS), which will replace the current National Population Register and become the backbone of all Home Affairs functions in South Africa.

South Africa plans to launch a new state-owned entity in 2022 in the form of the Border Management Authority (BMA), aimed at improving South Africa’s borders.

The Department of Home Affairs has extended operating times at front offices and ports of entry to ease congestion associated with the festive season.

The Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn their immigration directive on the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP). Essentially, this means that Home Affairs has decided not to renew permits granted to more than 250 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa.

The Department of Employment and Labour is developing a new Labour Migration Policy aimed at regulating foreign workers in South Africa.