Home Affairs
As deadline approaches Zimbabweans face a stark choice: start from zero in a broken country or live undocumented in SA
From 1 January 2023, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans and their children will no longer be able to live, work and go to school legally in the republic
News | 23 June 2022
Home Affairs’ refugee office to re-open in Cape Town, ten years after it was closed
The closure meant refugees could only apply for asylum in Durban, Musina, Gqeberha or Pretoria
News | 26 May 2022
Home Affairs does nothing to help disabled learners get IDs
The state is denying learners their rights, says lawyer
By Liezl Human
News | 17 May 2022
People wait in the cold and rain for hours outside Home Affairs in Mitchells Plain
“Most of us have been standing here since 3am” says 60-year-old man
News | 14 April 2022
Scrapping Zim permit will cause humanitarian crisis, warn activists
180,000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders face an uncertain fate at the end of this year
News | 28 February 2022
Dumped and abandoned: the fate of those evicted from JHB’s inner city
City threatens to evict people who have already been evicted
News | 28 February 2022
Immigrants demand refugee offices reopen after two years of lockdown
Home Affairs has opened services for South Africans but asylum seekers remain shut out
News | 15 February 2022
People queuing for eight hours outside Home Affairs sent home without being helped
Manager says he is used to addressing angry crowds at Durban office
Brief | 11 February 2022
Refugees struggle to renew their asylum documents with Home Affairs online system
Some asylum seekers have missed the 31 December 2021 deadline
News | 4 February 2022