The green ID book is costing South Africa billionsand Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber wants it gone. Speaking at the launch of smart ID services at Standard Bank’s Maponya...
For more than a decade, Home Affairs partnered with banks at just 30 branches across the entire country. “In a nation of more than 63-million people, that was...
South Africa’s immigration system is under one of its toughest clean-ups in years as the Department of Home Affairs prepares to revoke more than 2 000...
South Africa’s immigration system is once again under the spotlight. This week, the Department of Home Affairs confirmed that more than 2,000 study visas were fraudulently...
They are two of the most controversial religious figures to have operated in South Africa. Now, a bombshell investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has laid bare...
For years, many South Africans have grumbled about long queues, missing files, and the feeling that something inside the Department of Home Affairs simply was not...
South Africans abroad can reclaim citizenship online, but questions remain For years, thousands of South Africans living overseas carried a quiet heartbreak: the moment they took...
For thousands of South Africans scattered across the globe, the start of 2026 brings an unexpected victory. The Department of Home Affairs has officially launched the...
How South Africa’s New R10 ID Fee Is Quietly Rewriting Digital Verification When the Department of Home Affairs South Africa quietly raised the cost of real-time...
A small fee with big consequences What started as a seemingly technical adjustment inside Home Affairs has now landed squarely in the courts and at the...