A total of 839 004 people were assisted by immigration officials to cross the border under permissible conditions.Most of these were foreign nationals returning home and South Africans coming back to South Africa.Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi also announced the resumption of certain services under Level 2 of the lockdown. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has…
A Home Affairs official has been arrested after being caught allegedly fraudulently issuing visas to Pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens. The Department of Home Affairs has revoked 100 visas which an official in Windhoek, Namibia, allegedly fraudulently issued to Pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens.The secretary for civics and immigration services based at South Africa's mission in Windhoek…
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi at a briefing on the coronavirus. The Department of Home Affairs' budget has to be cut by R562 million, but this won't affect service delivery.The IEC will cut R35 million from its outreach programme.The IEC proposed an e-voting pilot project, but this is currently unfunded. The Department of Home Affairs…
Businessman narrowly escapes hijacking through second gateNaidoo said the men then drove with Nzuza for a "very long time", before dropping him off in Mamelodi West and fleeing with his blue Range Rover, with the registration HD 75 KH GP. The also took Nzuza's two cellphones and wallet. READ | 'You don't want to criminalise the country'…
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Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…