Department of Home Affairs

Two former Home Affairs officials have been arrested over an alleged syndicate that used South African citizens’ identity details to issue passports bearing foreign nationals’ photographs, charging up…

Asylum seekers will be able to register their intention to apply for protection through a planned biometric online system and receive a receipt intended to protect them from…

A client allegedly lost R6 million in a coltan and palladium transaction, according to IRS Forensic Investigations, which says its investigators accompanied the complainant to open a case…

Home Affairs has withdrawn an asylum application directive just 11 days after it was issued, saying refugee reception offices became overwhelmed and officials faced safety risks, while acknowledging…

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has rejected claims that government waited until public outrage erupted before addressing South Africa's latest immigration controversy, insisting that officials had been…

March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma has blamed government's delayed response to illegal immigration for the growing tensions surrounding South Africa's asylum system, following a Constitutional Court ruling…

The ANC has admitted that 252 identity numbers in its own candidate records were incorrect before its disputed submissions to the Electoral Commission, exposing failures in the party's…

Government has warned anti illegal immigration groups that they have no authority to enforce South Africa’s immigration laws after violence erupted between protesters and refugees near the Department…

South Africans who still need an identity document have less than two months to get their affairs in order before the local government elections, with Home Affairs warning…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially launched South Africa’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system at OR Tambo International Airport, signaling a major shift in the nation’s immigration and border…