Malusi Gigaba announces Thulani Mavuso's appointment as Home Affairs' Acting Director General.

Gigaba appoints Thulani Mavuso as Home Affairs’ acting director general

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has announced the appointment of Thulani Mavuso as the acting director general of the department. He will start on August 1.

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New Application Process for South African Police Clearance Certificates

Please note that members of the public are no longer permitted to submit their South African Police Clearance applications and the documentation thereof to the Criminal Record Centre (CRC) in Pretoria directly as previously permitted.

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SA passports may soon become much more desirable, this foreign expert believes

The implementation of widespread reforms at the department of home affairs since 2014 is expected to increase the value of the South African passport in the foreseeable future, said Ryan Cummings, director of Africa risk consultancy Signal Risk.

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You don’t need an unabridged birth certificate to travel anymore – if you do this

Text 'WHO WILL QUALIFY FOR CRITICAL SKILLS WORK PERMIT? FROM WINEMAKERS TO PAYROLL MANAGERS' over construction workers and

Who Will Qualify for Critical Skills Work Permit? – From Winemakers to Payroll Managers

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Delinking Citizenship and Permanent Residency

Headline: Plugging the Gaps in SA's Scarce Skills Supply, with a background of construction workers and urban development.

Plugging the gaps in SA’s scarce skills supply

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South Africa is haemorrhaging high-skilled ICT professionals – here’s where they’re going

A dire shortage of highly skilled engineers and ICT professionals is severely constraining the growth of South Africa’s high technology sector to the detriment of job creation and economic growth, says Pierre le Roux, group managing director of technology solutions provider, Moyo Business Advisory (MBA).

Handcuffs on a fingerprint card with text: Department of Home Affairs clamping down on illegal immigrant employment.

Department of Home Affairs clamping down on illegal immigrant employment

It is now a matter of when and not if companies employing foreign nationals will be audited by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The arrest of at least 25 illegal foreign nationals at the beginning of May by the Cape Town Police, accompanied by officials from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), sparked a […]