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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

“Co-ownership is the mother of disputes” (Roman law maxim) Buying property can be an excellent investment, but it can also be expensive. So sometimes it makes a lot of sense to share the financial burden with someone else. Perhaps for example you are spouses or life partners buying your first home. Perhaps you are aRead more

Both sellers and buyers (of anything – houses, cars, you name it) need to understand how the CPA (Consumer Protection Act) has impacted on the very common “voetstoots” (“as is”) clause. Firstly, what’s the difference between “patent” and “latent” defects? Before we get into the meat of this question, let’s understand two important terms –Read more

FEBRUARY 2018 “It is well established that contractual provisions are against public policy ‘… if there is a probability that unconscionable, immoral or illegal conduct will result from the implementation of the provisions according to the tenor’” (extract from the judgment below) When you choose to buy into a security estate or other community scheme,Read more

“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot” (Douglas Adams) Note: Although by way of example we explore below the “international wedding” scenario, even if you are South Africans marrying in South Africa you need an ANC. Read on… The Rand’s weakness notwithstanding, many couplesRead more