In a significant move that leverages technology to correct a past injustice, the Department of Home Affairs has launched a new online portal allowing South Africans...
Home Affairs Turns the Page: New Digital Portal Helps Thousands Reclaim Lost South African Citizenship A 30-year rule falls and a new digital era begins For...
A routine arrival becomes a headline When a chartered flight from Nairobi touched down in Johannesburg this week, officials expected another standard immigration process. Instead, the...
A Growing Identity Crisis More than 4.4 million South Africans aged 16 and older remain undocumented, according to Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber. The staggering figure,...
Green ID Books Still Dominate as Smart ID Rollout Stalls For millions of South Africans, the familiar green ID book remains a daily reality, even as...
South Africans Could Soon Have Passports Delivered Straight to Their Doorstep Home delivery for passports is coming to South Africa and it’s sooner than you think....
The Department of Home Affairs’ plan to revolutionize service delivery with high-tech self-service kiosks once dubbed “ATMs for Home Affairs” has ended in an expensive flop....
Dead While Still Breathing, The Horror of Being ‘Digitally Buried’ by the State Most South Africans have heard horror stories about queues at Home Affairs. But...
A prison system under strain South Africa is moving to introduce new legislation that would allow the repatriation of foreign nationals serving prison sentences in the...
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has revealed that it spent just over R78 million in the 2024/2025 financial year deporting undocumented immigrants. The figure signals...