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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, has announced a blanket temporary concession extension of one year to all South African permanent resident holders.

Xpatweb recently conducted a survey into the critical skills currently most in demand in South Africa, which has led to businesses seeking talent recruitment from abroad.

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi is extending visas that expired during lockdown. Longer term temporary visas, such as study visas, critical skills visas and general work visas, have had their validity extended until July.

(N.B. The increases highlighted below are extracted from the Employment and Labour Minister’s announcement of 9 February 2021, and emphasis has been supplied where helpful in enabling quick identification of your employment sector. Comment is in square brackets) “The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each ordinary hour worked has been increased from R20,76 to R21,69Read more

“It is a fundamental principle that no man is allowed to take the law into his own hands” (Transvaal Supreme Court, 1906) Landlords can be sorely tempted to force defaulting tenants to settle their arrears (or to vacate the premises altogether) with a bit of instant “self-help” by cutting electricity or water supplies, or perhapsRead more

“…an employee who gives short notice in violation of the contract … may be obliged to serve out the notice period” (Quoted in the judgment below) It’s an age-old workplace dodge – threatened with a disciplinary hearing and fearing a guilty verdict, an employee resigns with immediate effect and walks out the door with aRead more

“Owning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security” (Personal Finance Expert Suze Orman) When you buy or sell your “Home Sweet Home”, particularly for the first time, the process can seem complicated, the terminology confusing, and the risks of making a costly mistake intimidating. You are after all dealingRead more

As Business Tech reports, the beginning of March marked the start of new rules around financial emigration for South African nationals. Financial emigration is the process used by many South Africans abroad to formalise their non-resident status for both tax and exchange control purposes.

Good news for those needing services from the Department of Home Affairs: under South Africa’s level 1 lockdown of Level 1 lockdown, a number of services will resume.

Thulas Nxesi, South Africa’s Minister of Employment and Labour has announced a new labour policy to regulate foreign workers in South Africa.