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ng of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Home Affairs has experienced a severe backlog in processing visa and waiver applications. This has forced many foreign nationals to leave the country to avoid being declared undesirable.

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) will appoint 10,000 young IT workers to help speed up the digitisation of its paper records over the next few years.

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

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The Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn their immigration directive on the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).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.

South Africa is set to launch a new state-owned entity in 2022 in the form of the Border Management Authority (BMA), whose role would be to act as a single entity that manages the movement of people and goods across the country’s borders.

South Africa will officially launch its new e-visa system in March 2022, providing much-needed support for the tourism sector.

According to an article published on IOL, South Africans wanting foreign citizenship will be stripped of their own if they don’t reapply for retention.

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has resumed ID & passport applications, and have extended the validity period of certain temporary visas.

Covid-19 travel passes have become an international sticking point, as countries and citizens continue to face travel restrictions unless they provide proof of vaccination or a negative test.