Home Affairs urges citizens to apply for, collect or replace IDs now and use expanded Smart ID services at over 450 bank branches ahead of November...
Home Affairs reports a 61% drop in system downtime, cutting lost working hours from 35,426 to 13,867 in 2025/26 after network and application upgrades.
Home Affairs reports a 250% increase in Smart ID access; 422,000 applications processed via partner banks and rollout set to pass 750 branches by end of...
Minister Leon Schreiber welcomed new arrests in alleged birth-registration fraud as part of a broader Home Affairs anti‑corruption effort, he told The Citizen.
Home Affairs has removed the need for medical reports for permanent residence and for temporary residence visa applicants already inside South Africa. The waiver was gazetted...
The Department of Home Affairs says unserviceable addresses are hampering its efforts to contact people whose identity numbers remain blocked on the National Population Register. Minister...
Videos showing crowds fleeing a Johannesburg CBD commercial building during a by-law enforcement operation have drawn widespread attention after Executive Mayor Dada Morero called for urgent...
Home Affairs committee gives thumbs-up to temporary repatriation camps at Beitbridge border MPs say facilities are operating lawfully as concerns over humanitarian conditions remain under the...
The Department of Home Affairs will extend operating hours at offices nationwide over the voter registration weekend, the department said, as more than 370,000 Smart ID...
Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber announced that the department will cancel more than 2,000 fraudulently obtained study visas following a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe...