Department of Home Affairs

South Africa's Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has granted an additional concession to foreign nationals whose applications for waivers, long-term visas, and appeals are still pending as of November 30, 2023, due to the ongoing backlog of…
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The Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa has reviewed operations at the Johannesburg consulate and restored services in line with the new lockdown regulations announced by authorities in that country recently.
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Pinky Ncube, the Durban woman who was facing financial ruin and other difficulties because she was considered dead according to Department of Home Affairs records, says her life is back on track.
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SOUTH Africa will next year set up a visa facilitation centre in Harare targeting Zimbabweans who wish to apply for study and work permits.
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SOUTH AFRICA – The Department of Home Affairs says it’s arrested 26 of its own officials for corruption and fraud since July this year.
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OVER 3,000 Zimbabwean illegal immigrants are stuck at the Lindelani Repatriations Holding Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa amid reports that the country’s Department of Home Affairs has no funds to deport them.
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The Competition Commission will not be launching an investigation into VFS Visa Processing - the company awarded a R1-billion visa facilitation tender including the government's Zimbabwean Special Permit (ZSP).
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Despite no formal confirmation, public admission or statement from the Department of Home Affairs, PASSOP regrets to inform media, the public and Zimbabweans that we are now convinced that the Department of Home Affairs has lifted South…
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HURISA and partners are concerned about the impracticability of the deadline set by the department to legalize the Zimbabwean nationals in the country by the 31st July 2011. We are particularly troubled that the department is threatening to…
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A looming backlog of applications for residence permits from Zimbabweans living illegally in SA and wanting to regularise their stay will not spur the Department of Home Affairs to extend the December 31 deadline, despite it having dealt…
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