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December and January have always been prime months for selling residential property in South Africa, and if you are a “Festive Season Seller”, here are two really important tips for you.

Here’s yet another reminder from our courts on the danger of not complying strictly with every provision in a property sale agreement. Don’t be like Douglas Adams and listen to the deadlines go whooshing by – missing a property sale deadline is a mistake, probably an expensive one.

Buying “plot and plan” in a residential complex allows you the freedom to build your own dream house in a secure environment, quite apart from providing what is likely to be sound long-term investment.

On Friday, 2 September 2022, the Minister of Home Affairs granted Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders a further extension until 30 June 2023, to obtain alternative work permits/visas.

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi says that the flexibility afforded to passport applications and collections in South Africa is being removed to protect the integrity of the document.

The Department of Home Affairs has extended its online Branch Appointment Booking System (BABS) to 56 offices in South Africa.

According to News24, the Zimbabwean Immigration Federation is taking the Department of Home Affairs to court over the termination of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that a ministerial committee reviewing permits and visas in South Africa has uncovered deep-rooted corruption within his department when it comes to handling certain types of visas.

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 bidding process for a visa and permit applications management tender worth R50 million for the Department of Home Affairs closed on 25 February 2022.