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Governance & Administration Media briefing, Parliament, Cape Town, Tuesday 17 February 2015 | |||||
| Today we outline progress made by government through this Cluster and provide more detail of the plans announced by the President during the recent SoNA to improve the lives of all South Africans...READ MORE | |||||
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town | |||||
| The year 2015 marks 60 years of a historic moment in our history, when South Africans from all walks of life adopted the Freedom Charter in 1955, in Kliptown, Soweto...READ MORE | |||||
Third Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Report by Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan | |||||
| Allow me to congratulate the Elephants for their long awaited victory of the Africa Cup of Nations. It was a thrilling victory worth enjoying with fellow Africans, we would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our colleagues from Equatorial Guinea for hosting a successful Africa Cup of Nations that had all of us glued to our television screens...READ MORE | |||||
Introductory remarks by Minister, Malusi Gigaba for 3rd roundtable on intra-regional migration within SADC and implications for international migration policy, February 6th, 2015 | |||||
| Good morning, I would like to thank you all for joining us today. We have represented here, participants from the academy (Wits), media, research institutions (the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South African Institute of Race Relations, Centre for Development and Enterprise); organized labour (COSATU), organized business (Business Unity SA), other government departments (Departments of International Relations & Cooperation, Economic Development and Labour), and foreign governments (the State of Qatar)...READ MORE | |||||
Minister Malusi Gigaba welcomes South African Revenue Service (SARS) staff seconded to the Border Management Agency (BMA) project management office | |||||
| Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has welcomed ninety three staff of the SARS Collaborative Border Management (CBM) unit into the Border Management Agency (BMA) Project Management Office, in Pretoria...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT: Alleged corrupt practices at Marabastad refugee reception office | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs has taken note of reports of alleged corrupt practices at the Marabastad Refugee Reception Office in Pretoria where foreign nationals apply for documentation and asylum seeker visas...READ MORE | |||||
Statement by the DG of Home Affairs, Mkuseli Apleni at the media briefing on the department's modernisation programme, 28 January 2015, Kempton Park | |||||
| Welcome and thank you for attending our first media briefing of 2015. We felt it important to provide progress on the roll-out of the Smart-ID card and the implementation of the broader Home Affairs’ modernization programme...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA BRIEFING: Service Delivery Interruptions | |||||
| The Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs, Mkuseli Apleni, will brief members of the media on recent service delivery interruptions...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT: Early closure of offices | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce that its offices will close at 12h00 tomorrow, Saturday, 24 January 2015, due to a systems upgrade...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT on the closure of the Zimbabwean Special Permit application process | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce the closure of the Zimbabwean Special Permit application process by end of business today, 31 December 2014...READ MORE | |||||
Minister Gigaba to hand over New Year babies’ birth certificates | |||||
| The Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, will on New Year’s Day hand over birth certificates to parents of newly born babies at the Netcare Femina Hospital in Pretoria...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT: Extension of operational hours at Ports of Entry | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce the extension of operational hours at Ports of Entry to ensure the smooth facilitation of movement of people, goods and services during the festive season...READ MORE | |||||
Minister Gigaba to visit Beit Bridge Port of Entry | |||||
| Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba, will on Monday, 15 December 2014 visit the Beit Bridge Port of Entry in Musina, Limpopo...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT on service interruptions due to load shedding | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs wishes to reiterate that measures are being taken to ensure that clients receive quality services during currents bouts of load shedding experienced throughout the country...READ MORE | |||||
Address by the Minister Malusi Gigaba at the launch of the DHA ‘20 years of milestones and achievements’ booklet on 9 December 2014 at Freedom Park, Pretoria | |||||
We all have heard it said that you have to know where you come from in order to know where you are going.As we reflect on the work of the Department of Home Affairs over twenty years of our democracy, and envision the future of our Department, these words could not be more true...READ MORE | |||||
Minister Gigaba to launch Home Affairs 20 Year Milestones and Achievements Book | |||||
| Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba, will tomorrow, 09 December 2014, launch the 20 Year Milestones and Achievements Book detailing strides made by the Department since the advent of democracy in 1994...READ MORE | |||||
Media Statement on ZSP applicants visiting Zimbabwe over the festive season | |||||
| On 20 November 2014, Minister Malusi Gigaba accompanied by Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan visited the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) Centre dedicated to the Zimbabwean Special Project (ZSP) in Cape Town...READ MORE | |||||
Minister Gigaba to update the media on the Zimbabwean Special Project | |||||
| The Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, will update members of the media on the Zimbabwean Special Project (ZSP) in Cape Town on Thursday 20 November 2014...READ MORE | |||||
Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan's speech at the Inaugural Session of the 2014 Cape Town Programme on International Refugee Law | |||||
| We welcome this initiative by the UNHCR and UCT to promote international refugee law and to foster a culture of dialogue between policymakers, the academia and civil society with a view to improving the protection environment for refugees and asylum seekers in Southern Africa...READ MORE | |||||
Home Affairs Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan to address the Inaugural Session of the 2014 Cape Town Programme on International Refugee Law, on 18 November | |||||
| Home Affairs Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan will deliver the keynote address at the launch of the Cape Town Programme on International Refugee Law, tomorrow, 18 November, at the University of Cape Town...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT: The Service Delivery Index 2014 | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs has noted and welcomes the Ask Afrika Orange Index 2014 -a recently released survey on government’s service trends which rated our service delivery among the best within government. We were second only to the SA Revenue Service...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT: Service interruptions at Home Affairs offices | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs wishes to clarify occurrences of service interruptions at some of our offices around the country in the past two weeks...READ MORE | |||||
Statement on the meeting between Minister Gigaba & the Western Cape Legislature Committee on Economic Development | |||||
Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba, today, 04 November 2014, met with the Western Cape Provincial Legislature’s Standing Committee on Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture to engage them on the Immigration Regulations...READ MORE | |||||
Home Affairs sets up Matric ID Helpline | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs has set up four (4) helpline numbers to assist matriculants with enquiries about their ID cards for purposes of writing their final year examinations...READ MORE | |||||
