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The Department of Home Affairs has announced a new appointment system in a bid to cut down on excessive queueing and corruption.

An article published in the Daily Maverick talks about the South African permanent residency application stoppage at the Department of Home Affairs over the past 17 months that has left over 33 000 people in limbo.

With unemployment figures at an all-time high, the Department of Home Affairs and Department of Labour are taking steps to curb the employment of illegal foreign nationals living in South Africa.

The Department of Home Affairs is inviting qualifying Angolan nationals to apply for the Angolan Exemption Permit.

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.

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.

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.

The Covid-19 pandemic and the Disaster Management Act have significantly slowed down South Africa’s Home Affairs processes to a crawl – impacting thousands of people and creating a backlog that could take years to clear.