ADVISORY: NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN TRAVELLING THROUGH SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS OF ENTRY - EFFECTIVE 1 JUNE 2015 | |||||
MINISTER DLODLO WARNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA CRIME SYNDICATES | |||||
| Johannesburg – 20 December 2017, the Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo has approached the Hawks to investigate what appears to be a criminal syndicate operating in the social networks...READ MORE | |||||
Media Statement on Live Capture system challenges affecting Home Affairs offices | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is facing challenges with the Live Capture system for passports and smart ID cards. This is due to problems on the Home Affairs National Identification System (HANIS) which have affected turnaround times in some DHA offices...READ MORE | |||||
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ARE INVITED TO THE WORKSHOP ON SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER ENVIRONMENT DURING FESTIVE SEASONS | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs, in partnership with Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), invites members of the media to a media workshop in relation to 2017/18 festive season plans for the South African border environment...READ MORE | |||||
ADVISORY: ZIMBABWEAN EXEMPTION PERMIT (ZEP) APPLICANTSATTENTION OF: SA BANKS, EMPLOYERS & LEARNING INSTITUTIONS READ MORE | |||||
STATEMENT ON THE 2017/18 FESTIVE SEASON PLANS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER ENVIRONMENT | |||||
| The Department of Home Affairs has announced the 2017/18 festive season plans for the South African border environment. This is for smooth facilitation and enhanced management of movement of people and goods in and out of South Africa during this peak period...READ MORE | |||||
MINISTER DLODLO VISITS PLETTENBERG BAY | |||||
The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo, on Monday, 04 December 2017, visited the community of Plettenberg Bay as part of the Imbizo Focus Week...READ MORE | |||||
Keynote Address by Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni at the National Youth Forum Elective Conference, in Bloemfontein | |||||
| The decision to establish the Youth Forum, which was taken at the department’s Youth Summit in 2008, was both strategic and very timely. It spoke to the historian’s conviction that “peace is a time to prepare for war”...READ MORE | |||||
MEDIA STATEMENT ON DISCONTINUATION OF GREEN ID BOOK | |||||
Home Affairs has taken note of a message purported to be from the Department announcing that the lifespan of the green barcoded ID book comes to an end on 31 March 2018. No such announcement has been made by the Department...READ MORE | |||||
Department of Home Affairs launches improved Refugee Travel Document | |||||
| In another major step towards better refugee and asylum-seeking management, the Department of Home Affairs this month introduced a hugely improved refugee travel document...READ MORE | |||||
STATEMENT BY HOME AFFAIRS DIRECTOR-GENERAL MKUSELI APLENI AT THE MEDIA BRIEFING ON THE UPTAKE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN EXEMPTION PERMIT (ZEP) AND EXTENSION OF SCHEDULING OF APPOINTMENTS AT VFS OFFICES | |||||
| Indeed we are thrilled by the rapid pace of applications for the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, which began on 15 September 2017, for valid Zimbabwe Special Permit (ZSP) holders. The submission of the completed applications commenced on 1 October 2017...READ MORE | |||||
