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| Home Affairs in ACTION - bringing services closer to the people | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/03/2010 |
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Pretoria-
The Department of Home Affairs will on Sunday, 28 February 2010 be in Atteridgeville at Anglican Church along Ramushu Street to offer services to the public.
The Department will be offering the f ...
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| HOME AFFAIRS CLOSES THE MARKET STREET OFFICE | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/02/2010 |
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The Department of Home Affairs will from today, Friday 12th February 2010 no longer be operating its normal business from the Market Street office.
Clients will now be serviced in the Harrison Office effective from to ...
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| DEPUTY MINISTER TO VISIT MPUMALANGA SCHOOLS | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/01/2010 |
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Bushbuckridge- Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Malusi Gigaba and Hon. Patricia Ngobeni (MPL) will tomorrow, Tuesday 19 January 2010, visit Orhovelani and Matshaye Secondary Schools at Bushbuckridge local Municipality as pa ...
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba visits Maitland Refugee Centre | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/12/2009 |
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-Cape Town-Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Malusi Gigaba will today Tuesday, 15 December 2009 at 412 Voortrekker Street, Maitland in Cape Town pay a special visit to the Maitland Refugee Centre.
Deputy Minister w ...
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| MINISTER'S NOTES AT THE MEDIA BRIEFING TODAY, 08 DECEMBER 2009 | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/12/2009 |
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The Department of Home Affairs is proud to have been part of the successful planning and execution of the 2010 World Draw held in Cape Town last week.
The 2010 World Cup Draw served as both as a reaffirmation of Sou ...
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| LAST BID ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE MEETING FOR YEAR 2009 | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/12/2009 |
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The last BAC meeting for 2009 will be on Tuesday, 15 December 2009.
All the documents that are going to the BAC should be submitted to the Tender Office by Thursday, 10 December 2009. No documents will be accepted aft ...
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| DEPUTY MINISTER BRIEFS THE MEDIA ON THE DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES | Chief Directorate: Communication | 02/12/2009 |
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Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba will today, Wednesday 2 December 2009 brief the media on, amongst others:
• Preparations for dealing with the country’s ports of entry during the Festive Season;
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| MINISTER DLAMINI ZUMA DESPATCHES SENIOR DELEGATION TO DE DOORNS | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/11/2009 |
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De Doorns- Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has today, Friday 20 November 2009 sent a senior Home Affairs delegation led by Deputy Director-General Jackie McKay to De Doorns in the Western Cape ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma welcomes arrest of Egyptians | Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/11/2009 |
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Minister Dlamini Zuma welcomes arrest of Egyptians
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has welcomed the arrest of three Egyptians at the Home Affairs office in Springs, yesterday, 05 November 2009.
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba to address UKZN inauguration ceremony | Chief Directorate: Communication | 16/10/2009 |
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Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Mr Malusi Gigaba will, this evening, Friday, 16 October 2009, address the Inauguration ceremony of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) SRC in Durban.
Members of the media are invite ...
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| HOME AFFAIRS REFUGEE RECEPTION OFFICE RELOCATES TO A NEW SITE | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/10/2009 |
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The Department of Home Affairs will from today, Monday 12 October 2009 be operating its normal business from the new site in Maitland, 412 Voortrekker Road.
The Department of Home Affairs apologises for the inconveni ...
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| MINISTER DLAMINI ZUMA TO ADDRESS BUSINESS UNITY SA (BUSA) | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/10/2009 |
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Attention: SAPA-PR WIRE SERVICES/ News Editors
Date : 09 OCTOBER 2009
MINISTER DLAMINI ZUMA TO ADDRESS BUSINESS UNITY SA (BUSA)
Sandton - Home Affairs Minister Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will today, F ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma visits Umzimkhulu office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 31/07/2009 |
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Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will on Monday, 03 August 2009 visit the Home Affairs office in Umzimkhulu, in the south of KwaZulu-Natal, as part of her fact-finding tour of offices countrywide.
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba to visit Balfour | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/07/2009 |
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The media is invited to join the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs who will be accompanied by the Deputy Minister of South African Police Services and Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development in their vi ...
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| Comments by Minister of Home Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/07/2009 |
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Thank you very much and thank you to all the people who are here from Home Affairs. We are here, as you know, as part of my orientation because I am new and I promised I would visit all the provinces first. After tha ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma to spend Mandela Day with the needy | Chief Directorate: Communication | 17/07/2009 |
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Home Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will tomorrow (Saturday, 18 July 2009), observe the inaugural annual Mandela Day by donating and help install a solar geyser heating system at the Sithabile Child and Y ...
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| Home Affairs Counter-Corruption busts ‘corrupt’ official | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/07/2009 |
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MEDIA RELEASE
Attention: News Editors
Date: 14 July 2009
For Immediate Release
Home Affairs Counter-Corruption busts ‘corrupt’ official
The Department of Home Affairs’ Counter Corruption Unit, jointly with the ...
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| TRANSCRIPT: MINISTER'S POST BUDGET VOTE MEDIA BRIEFING
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 29/06/2009 |
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TRANSCRIPT: MINISTER'S POST BUDGET VOTE MEDIA BRIEFING
Questions and answers
Question
Minister, could you update us on the special dispensation for the Zimbabwean 90 day visas?
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As you kno ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma's Budget Vote speech 2009 | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/06/2009 |
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Statement by Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister of Home Affairs, on the occasion of the Debate on Budget 4: Department of Home Affairs, National Assembly: Friday 26 June 2009.
Honourable Speaker
Honourable Presiden ...
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba's Budget Vote speech 2009 | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/06/2009 |
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Statement by Malusi Gigaba MP during the Department of Home Affairs Budget Vote 4 on 26 June 2009 in Cape Town
Chairperson,
Today is June 26th, the 54th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom Charter at the his ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma to present Home Affairs Budget Vote | Chief Directorate: Communication | 24/06/2009 |
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Minister Dlamini Zuma to present Home Affairs Budget Vote
The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will on Friday, 26 June 2009, present the Department’s Budget Vote in Parliament. The Minister will out ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma to brief media on state of immigration | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/06/2009 |
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Minister Dlamini Zuma to brief media on state of immigration readiness for Confederation Cup
The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will tomorrow (Friday, 12 June 2009) visit the OR Tambo Internation ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma media briefing in Cape Town 10 June 2009
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/06/2009 |
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Comments by Minister Dlamini Zuma
Good afternoon.
As you can see I am visiting these offices for the first time. Basically I have to understand what is going on. That is why I went to see how the refugees are dealt ...
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| Minister Dlamini Zuma visits Cape Town offices | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/06/2009 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will tomorrow visit two Home Affairs offices as part of her fact finding roadshow countrywide.
During the visits, Minister Dlamini Zuma will undertake a walkabou ...
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| Minister on talk radio 702 | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/06/2009 |
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Comments by Minister Dlamini Zuma
Thank you very much. As you can see, I am quite nervous meeting you for the first time in this new portfolio. You are all aware of the mandate of the Department of Home Affairs and in ...
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| President Zuma's State of the nation | Chief Directorate: Communication | 03/06/2009 |
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Honourable Speaker;
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces;
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP;
Deputy President of the Republic, Kgalema Motlanthe
Former President o ...
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| Minister briefs the media on the developments of the department | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/05/2009 |
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Comments by Minister Dlamini Zuma
Thank you very much. As you can see, I am quite nervous meeting you for the first time in this new portfolio. You are all aware of the mandate of the Department of Home Affairs and in ...
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| Civil servants wont lose their jobs | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/05/2009 |
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President Jacob Zuma on Sunday announced several changes to the structure of government and his executive.
However, he said civil servants will not lose their jobs as a result of the changes.
“Civil servants will ...
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| DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS SCOOPS UN AWARD | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/05/2009 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has scooped the prestigious Public Service Delivery to Citizens Award at the bi-annual Technology in Government in Africa (TIGA) Awards held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 30 April 2009.
He ...
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| SA signs MOU with Zimbabwe | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/05/2009 |
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SA signs MOU with Zimbabwe
On 4 May 2009, the South African and Zimbabwean departments of Home Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the legal movement of people between the two countries.
Th ...
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| HOME AFFAIRS OFFICES OPEN ON VOTING DAY | Chief Directorate: Communication | 21/04/2009 |
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HOME AFFAIRS OFFICES OPEN ON VOTING DAY
The Department of Home Affairs offices will open for extended hours on Election Day to assist voters who need to collect Identity Documents.
Tomorrow, 22 April 2009, Home Af ...
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| HOME AFFAIRS ROLLS OUT NEW HIGH-SECURITY PASSPORT | Chief Directorate: Communication | 14/04/2009 |
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HOME AFFAIRS ROLLS OUT NEW HIGH-SECURITY PASSPORT
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - The Department of Home Affairs will from today start producing the new South African passport with improved security features. The Minister of ...
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| Burglary at Cape Town Home Affairs Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 16/03/2009 |
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The Cape Town office of the Department of Home Affairs in Barrack Street was a target of burglary this weekend, the provincial office of the Department reported on Monday (16 March 2009) morning.
As far as the prelimi ...
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| Home Affairs still processing applications for asylum in Musina | Chief Directorate: Communication | 10/03/2009 |
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MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CHIEF DIRECTORATE: COMMUNICATION SERVICES
In relation to the closure of the Musina Show grounds the Department of Home Affairs would like to clarify the following:
In July 2008 the De ...
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| Tour of the new Tshwane Interim Refugee Reception Office (TIRRO) | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/03/2009 |
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Tour of the new Tshwane Interim Refugee Reception Office
Members of the media are invited to a tour with Home Affairs’s senior management of the new Tshwane Interim Refugee Reception Office (TIRRO) on Monday, 6 April ...
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| Election matters in the Constitutional Court
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/03/2009 |
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Election matters in the Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court has directed that argument in the four matters relating to voting outside South Africa in the elections that are to take place on 22 April 2009 wi ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula on ID Collection drive in Mamelodi
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/02/2009 |
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Election matters in the Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court has directed that argument in the four matters relating to voting outside South Africa in the elections that are to take place on 22 April 2009 wi ...
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| Home Affairs embarks on ID distribution roadshow
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/02/2009 |
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Re: Home Affairs embarks on ID distribution roadshow
The Department of Home Affairs will embark on a provincial ID distribution roadshow, tomorrow, 06 February 2009, as part of its ID collection awareness drive.
T ...
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| CLOSURE OF PORTS OF ENTRY (BORDER POSTS)
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/02/2009 |
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The Department of Home Affairs announced today that the Zanzibar, Platjan and Pondrift ports of entry (border posts) have been temporarily closed due to the overflowing of the Limpopo River.
Travellers are advised to ...
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| HOME AFFAIRS READY FOR SECOND VOTER REGISTRATION WEEKEND
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 02/02/2009 |
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The Department of Home Affairs today made a call to people who have not collected their IDs to visit Home Affairs offices to collect their ID documents. The call is especially relevant to people who need IDs to register ...
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| MINISTER DLAMINI ZUMA PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNHCR | Chief Directorate: Communication | 10/01/2009 |
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South African Home Affairs Minister Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma paid tribute to the UNHCR and its members who sustained injuries and lost their lives in the cause of the work of the organisation. Dlamini Zuma was
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| NEW BREED OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS GRADUATE FROM INTENSIVE TRAINING | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/12/2008 |
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Today, after an intensive three-months training programme on immigration services, a group of new immigration officers have graduated from the SA National Academy of Intelligence (SANAI) in Mafikeng.
The Department of ...
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| More Immigration Officers for Home Affairs | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/12/2008 |
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The Department of Home Affairs will on Friday, 5 December 2008 host the passing out and graduation ceremony for 161, new Immigration Officers at the SA National Academy of Intelligence (SANAI), in Mafikeng.
The offic ...
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba visits Mombeni in Eshowe | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/11/2008 |
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Deputy Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will on Thursday 27 November 2008, visit the community of Mombeni in Eshowe as part of the government’s ongoing Imbizo programme.
Gigaba will also visit a number of identifi ...
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| DHA Voter Registration Readiness | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/11/2008 |
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HOME AFFAIRS READY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION WEEKEND
The Department of Home Affairs will open its offices for extended hours during the voter registration period to assist citizens who wish to apply for and collect their ...
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| Home Affairs DG Mavuso Msimang to brief Media after SCOPA sitting | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/09/2008 |
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Home Affairs Minister Mapisa-Nqakula to brief media on progress of the Turnaround project.
The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will on Monday, 24 November 2008 address the press where she will tal ...
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| Home Affairs Officials Arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/09/2008 |
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Friday, Pretoria- The Department of Home Affairs wishes to confirm the arrests of two officials in two Pretoria offices today, Friday, 05 September 2008.
In the first case, an official was arrested for being in posses ...
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| Home Affairs, Unions To Sign Groundbreaking Agreement | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/09/2008 |
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The Department of Home Affairs invites members of the media to a signing ceremony between the Department and labour movements, NEHAWU and PSA.
The signing paves the way for the implementation of the Department’s Turn ...
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| Clarity on the temporary ID cards for displaced persons | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/07/2008 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to clarify the process and deadline for the issuing of the temporary Identification Cards (ID) to foreign nationals accommodated in temporary shelters following the recent violence. ...
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| Home Affairs Concludes Provincial Learner ID Campaign
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 24/06/2008 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce that it has finalized over 71000 IDs for learners since March this year as part of the nationwide “ID Urself-Now” Campaign.
Since the launch earlier this year, the De ...
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| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs to Launch a Youth Forum in Durban | Chief Directorate: Communication | 13/06/2008 |
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Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba will launch a Youth Forum for the Inanda, Ntuzuma and Kwamashu (INK) in a Conference that will take place in Durban from the 14th until the 15th of June 2008.
The Deputy Mi ...
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| "ID YOURSELF NOW Campaign" in Elliot, in the Eastern Cape | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/06/2008 |
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The Department of Home Affairs in partnership with the SABC, the Department of Education, IEC and the National Youth Commission will host an “ID URSELF NOW Campaign” roadshow in Elliot, in the Eastern Cape tomorrow, 13 J ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba To Lead An Anti-Xenophobia March | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/06/2008 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba, will lead an anti-xenophobia march in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal. The event forms part of community outreach efforts by government officials to demonstrate cond ...
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| FPB, Home Affairs host two-day Indaba on Anti-Child Pornography | Chief Directorate: Communication | 31/05/2008 |
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The Films and Publications Board (FPB), the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) and the Department of Home Affairs will host a National Indaba on Preventing the Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children and Combating Child Porno ...
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| RESEARCH REPORT ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY | Chief Directorate: Communication | 13/05/2008 |
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The Films and Publications Board (FPB), led by the CEO Ms Shoki Bopape, and the Ministerial Task Team on Child Pornography (MTT), chaired by the Honourable Annalize van Wyk, all under the stewardship of Deputy Minister M ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba Interacts With Kuruman Community | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/05/2008 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will interact with community members around Kuruman in an Imbizo tomorrow.
The visit, part of Mr Gigaba’s intensive drive to interact with citizens at grassroots l ...
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| "Id urself Now" Campaign gains full steam | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/04/2008 |
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"ID URSELF NOW" CAMPAIGN GAINS FULL STEAM
The “ID URSELF NOW” Campaign is set to gain full steam with the roll-out of the first provincial roadshow scheduled for this week. Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula laun ...
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| Statement on Acess report | Chief Directorate: Communication | 10/04/2008 |
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"The Rapid Appraisal of Home Affairs Policy and Practice Affecting Children in South Africaˇ¨.
The purpose of the transformation of the Department of Home Affairs is to provide quality services to every commun ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba Embarks On A Two-Day Imbizo In Free State | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/04/2008 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will visit the Free State as part of the National Imbizo Focus Week, which runs from 07-13 April 2008.
On Monday (Today), 07 April 2008, the Deputy Minister will p ...
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| Home Affairs condemns continued attacks on foreigners | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/03/2008 |
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HOME AFFAIRS CONDEMS ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS
The Department of Home Affairs once again condemns today’s reported attacks on foreigners in townships around Tshwane with the contempt they deserve.
In recent atta ...
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| Home Affairs Encourages Young Sa Citizens To Id Yourself Now! | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/03/2008 |
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.. Dept of Education, SABC, NYC & IEC join Home Affairs in drive for youth empowerment..
The Department of Home Affairs today announced the launch of its ‘ID Yourself’ campaign aimed at motivating young people ...
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| Home Affairs Condemns Attacks On Foreigners | Chief Directorate: Communication | 21/02/2008 |
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The Department of Home Affairs condemns reported attacks on foreigners in townships around the country including recent incidents in Tshwane with the contempt they deserve.
Scores of foreigners have reportedly been at ...
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| Home Affairs, Robben Island hosts marriages on the Island | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/02/2008 |
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The Department of Home Affairs in partnership with the Robben Island Museum will host the solemnisation of marriages on the Island on Valentine’s Day, 14 February 2008.
This annual event is aimed at affording couples ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba launches Anti-Child Porn Website | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/02/2008 |
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Media Advisory
Attention: News Editors, Journalists
Date : 02 June 2008
Embargo: Immediate Release
Deputy Minister Gigaba launches Anti-Child Porn Website
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs ...
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| Officials arrested for fraud | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/01/2008 |
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Home Affairs Director-General Mavuso Msimang today announced the arrests of three officials in Mahamba, Mpumalanga province (two) and Cullin, Pretoria (one) respectively.
The officials were arrested following a joint ...
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| Home Affairs official arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/12/2007 |
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HOME AFFAIRS DG WELCOMES THE ARREST OF AN OFFICIAL
Home Affairs Director General, Mavuso Msimang, today announced the arrest of a 38 year old male clerk at the Department’s ID factory in Pretoria for attemptin ...
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| Media release on the arrests of Home Affairs officials | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/12/2007 |
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HOME AFFAIRS COUNTER -CORRUPTION CRACKS MARRIAGE SCAM SYNDICATE
At least five Home Affairs officials have been arrested today (Friday, 7 December’07) at the Department’s head office at Watloo, Pretoria, with c ...
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| Statement On Sa Abolishes Border Passes For Zimbaweans | Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/12/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to clarify a misleading media report that appeared in a number of the daily publications on the 06th November 2007.
The report claimed that Department of Home Affairs had “abolish ...
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| Extended hours for ports of entry during festive season | Chief Directorate: Communication | 30/11/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs is pleased to announce extended hours at ports of entry for the festive season. The decision to extend operational hours was taken after consultation with the relevant role players on the S ...
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| Statement On Closure Of Cape Town Regional Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/11/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to affirm that no Identity Documents or Passports were lost or damaged as a result of the water damage at the Cape Town regional office in 56 Barrack Street on 05 November 2007. The ...
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| Statement on the suspension of senior officials | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/11/2007 |
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Home Affairs Director–General, Mavuso Msimang today (7 November 2007) announced that the investigation into the alleged misconduct of the Deputy Director General: Civic Services and the Chief Financial Officer is nearing ...
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| Statement on Coat of Arms on passpor | Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/11/2007 |
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HOME AFFAIRS USHERS IN NEW COAT OF ARMS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN PASSPORT
The Department of Home Affairs today announced the introduction of the new government Coat of Arms on the South African passports. This is i ...
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| Home Affairs Minister addresses business on permits | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/10/2007 |
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Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will be briefing stakeholders from business on the Scarce Skills Quota Work Permits as well as the new Large Account pilot project facilitated by the Department of Home Af ...
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| Statement on the arrest of suspected international peadophile | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/10/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, wishes to congratulate the Thai police and Interpol on today's arrest of the suspected international peadophile, Christopher Paul Neil, who is alleged to have been sexu ...
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| Statement on recent media reports about child pornography | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/10/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, welcomes the sentencing of Gordon Joubert to the effective 39 years for the crimes he committed which include sexually molesting children while recording a video as rep ...
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| Statement on Transit Shelter for Refugees | Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/10/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to clarify a misleading media report that appeared in one of the daily publications on the 04th October 2007.
The report claimed that Department of Home Affairs had “confirmed” pl ...
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| 58th Session Of The Unhcr Executive Committee | Chief Directorate: Communication | 02/10/2007 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms N N Mapisa-Nqakula delivered a statement at the 58th Session of the UNHCR EXCOM on Monday 1 October 2007 on behalf of the South African delegation.
The Minister began her statement b ...
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| Home Affairs Deputy Minister promises improved service | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/09/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba today rounded up his two-day Imbizo programme in Botlokwa Limpopo province, where he promised the community better Home Affairs services in future.
Mr Gigaba who ...
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba visits Mpumalanga | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/09/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will be engaged in a two day imbizo programme in Mpumalanga.
The Deputy Minister will use this occasion to interact with people with disability and pensioners in a ...
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| Home Affairs Sets The Record Straight | Chief Directorate: Communication | 21/09/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to correct statistics in media reports this week pertaining to an alleged massive backlog in the Head Office in Pretoria arising from a story picked up from one of the news wires.
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| Home Affairs Procurement Director On Suspension | Chief Directorate: Communication | 18/09/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs, today (18 September 2007) announced the suspension of a senior official of the Department.
The Director: Procurement in the Department has been suspended with immediate effect from her ...
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| Statement on the Suspension of Senior Officials | Chief Directorate: Communication | 10/09/2007 |
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Home Affairs Director–General, Mavuso Msimang today (10 September 2007) announced the suspension of two senior officials of the Department of Home Affairs.
The Chief Financial Officer and the Deputy-Director General: ...
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| Home Affairs DG briefs media on 100 days in Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 03/09/2007 |
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Home Affairs Director-General, Mr Mavuso Msimang will tomorrow address members of the media on his 100 days in office.
Amongst other issues, the DG will update the media on the progress made thus far on efforts of ‘Bu ...
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| Home Affairs to offer services at the Pretoria show | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/08/2007 |
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In an effort to reach out to its clients the Department of Home Affairs will from the 23rd August to the 03rd September 2007 offer a full-range of its Civic Services at the Pretoria show.
Home Affairs clients, who co ...
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| UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits SA | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/08/2007 |
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Mr António Guterres will visit South Africa from 22-24 August 2007.
Mr Guterres is scheduled to visit the Nyanga Refugees Reception office on Thursday, 23 Aug ...
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| Statement On Zimbabwean Nationals Entering SA | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/08/2007 |
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Following media reports on Zimbabwean nationals said to be entering South Africa illegally and calls for the government to set up a Refugee Camps in Musina, the Department of Home Affairs wishes to convey to the public a ...
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| Youth And Democracy Education Campaign In Northern Cape | Chief Directorate: Communication | 31/07/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba, together with his Education counterpart, Mr Enver Surty, will on Friday 03, August 2007 visit the Northern Cape Rural FET College in Upington as part of the Youth an ...
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| Home Affairs dismisses media reports about ‘free labour’ scheme
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/07/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has noted with grave concern media reports insinuating that it is involved in a scheme to use Mozambicans for free labour.
We reject these reports, which are not a true reflection of wh ...
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| Home Affairs DG Welcomes The Arrest Of An Official | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/07/2007 |
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Home Affairs Director General, Mavuso Msimang welcomes the arrest of Ms Donnah Boloka, a clerk at the Department’s ID production unit, New Corporation Building in Pretoria for attempting to steal 10 Identity Documents at ...
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| Statement On Home Affairs Selling Permits To Asylum Seekers | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/06/2007 |
The Department of Home Affairs has read with shock media reports on the front page of the Cape Times that asylum seeker’s permits are for sale at the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office.
A suggestion by the Cap ...
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| Statement On Lindela Repatriation Centre | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/06/2007 |
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The Director General of Home Affairs, Mavuso Msimang has decided to invoke a clause in the Department’s contract with Leading Prospect Trading 111 regarding a three –year review possibility on the contract for the operat ...
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| Statement by the Minister of Home Affairs, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/06/2007 |
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Following a full exchange of all relevant information between Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her strategic communications advisor Stephen Laufer, the Minister confirms that there has been no unethic ...
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| Deputy Minister to mark World Refugee Day in KZN | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/06/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba will tomorrow mark the World Refugee Day in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban by launching a DVD titled “I live here”.
The DVD has been compiled by refugee children in South Afric ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula Joins World Refugee Day Commemoration | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/06/2007 |
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Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will attend the sixth anniversary of the World Refugee Day commemorations to be held in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, 20 June 2007.
The day, to be hosted in par ...
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| Statement On The Alleged Deported Mdc Official | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/06/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs note with deep concern the erroneous, contradictory and grossly inaccurate report headline, SA detained, deports MDC official” on the front page of the WEKENDER.
Were it not for the very ...
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| Statement On Immigration Services At Or Tambo Airport | Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/06/2007 |
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Immigration services at the OR Tambo International Airport are in full operation today following the deployment of 80 specially trained police officers to staff passport control as part of the Home Affairs emergency stra ...
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| Statement On The High Court Judgement On Immigration Services | Chief Directorate: Communication | 31/05/2007 |
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The Acting Justice Nel of Labour Court in Cape Town has granted an order in favour of the Department of Home Affairs to prohibit the immigration officers at all ports of entry from embarking on a strike as planned with e ...
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| Youth And Democracy Education Campaign In Free State | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/05/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba together with his Education counterpart, Mr Enver Surty, will on Friday 25, May visit Motheo FET College in Thaba Nchu as part of the Youth and Democracy Education Ca ...
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| New Director-General Takes Reigns At Home Affairs | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/05/2007 |
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The new Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs, Mr Mavuso Msimang, today assumed his duties as planned at the Department’s Head Office in Waltloo, Pretoria.
Mr Msimang convened a Senior Management Meeting ...
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| Appointment of New Home Affairs Director-General | Chief Directorate: Communication | 03/05/2007 |
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Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula today announces the appointment of the new Director General of the Department of Home Affairs.
Approved by Cabinet yesterday, the new Director General, Mavuso Msimang, wil ...
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| Home Affairs wraps up Imbizo Focus Week | Chief Directorate: Communication | 16/04/2007 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her Deputy, Mr Malusi Gigaba will conclude their Imbizo Focus Week activities when they visit the North West and the Northern Cape provinces, respectively.
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| Deputy Minister To Open The Kroonstad Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/04/2007 |
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As a further commitment to bring government services closer to the disadvantaged communities, the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will officially open the Kroonstad office in the Free State on Saturday ...
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| Extended Operational Hours At Ports Of Entry For The Easter Season | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/04/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs is pleased to announce the extension of operational hours at the Ports of Entry for the Easter Season.
The Department believes that these arrangements will assist travellers during the E ...
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| Deputy Minister Of Home Affairs visits North West Province | Chief Directorate: Communication | 21/03/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister Of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba and a delegation of Senior Managers from Head Office will visit North West Province to hold discussions on service delivery improvement as well as to interact with me ...
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| Youth And Democracy Education Campaign In Gauteng | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/03/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba together with his Education counterpart, Mr Enver Surty, will visit Sedibeng FET College in Sebokeng (Gauteng) on Monday, 19 March 2007 at 11:00.
The Youth and Dem ...
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| Home Affairs, SABRIC to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/03/2007 |
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The Acting Director-General of Home Affairs Joel Chavalala and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) will sign a MoU.
SABRIC is a non-profit organization whose ...
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| Home Affairs Minister Addresses a Refugee Workshop | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/02/2007 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will tomorrow (Thursday, 1 March 2007) deliver a keynote address at an information sharing workshop between Refugees and Service Providers.
The purpose of the w ...
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| Announcement on temporary passports | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/02/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to inform members of the public that Germany and the Benelux countries (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg) will no longer accept South African temporary passports with effect from 0 ...
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| Minister Mapisa- Nqakula to handover IDs to communities in KZN | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/02/2007 |
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As a further commitment to bring government services closer to the disadvantaged communities, the Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will be taking an imbizo to KwaZulu-Natal, in Mboza village on the 2nd of ...
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| Minister Mapisa- Nqakula launches Gauteng’s 27th MPCC | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/02/2007 |
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In partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Government, the Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will tomorrow, 23 February 2007, deliver a keynote address at the opening of Gauteng`s 27th Multi- Purpose ...
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| Deputy Minister attends to public service challenges in limpopo | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/02/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba will embark on a two-day visit (22 and 23 February 2007) to Limpopo Province as part of the broader departmental plan of visiting all Home Affairs offices to get first-h ...
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| Bafana Coach Gets The Permit | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/02/2007 |
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In light of the intense interest over the Bafana Bafana Head Coach, work permit the Minister of Home Affairs wishes to issue the following statement.
On the 7th February 2007 the Department of Home Affairs received a ...
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| Clarity On Work Permit Of Bafana Head Coach | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/02/2007 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to clarify issues surrounding the work permits of Mr Carlos Parreira, the head coach of the senior national soccer team, Bafana Bafana and his assistant, Mr Jairo Lopes Cesar Leal.
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| Home Affairs Deputy Minister donates stationery in Limpopo | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/02/2007 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba will donate stationery to the needy children of Limpopo.
This is part of the broader government campaign to make interventions around poor communities to create a bet ...
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| Home Affairs officials assist police to arrest a suspect | Chief Directorate: Communication | 14/12/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs welcomes the arrest of a civilian by the police at the Lindela Holding Facility on Monday, 11 December 2006.
On Friday, 08 December 2006, Luis Defsreipus, a South African citizen of Por ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula visits Eastern Cape | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/12/2006 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will visit Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape tomorrow (Friday, 08 December 2006) as part of commemorations for the 16 Days of no Violence on Women and Children.
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| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in the Eastern Cape | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/12/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba will embark on a two-day visit to Eastern Cape, between Monday, 04 December and 05 December 2006, as part of his programme of attending to the challenges facing Home Aff ...
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| Civil Union Act Comes Into Effect | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/12/2006 |
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Acting President, Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ncquka has signed into law the Civil Union Bill with effect from 30 November 2006.
The Civil Union Act, 2006 (Act No. 17 of 2006) which accords same-sex couples the same rights ...
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| Minister Of Home Affairs’ Involvement In Dyambu Holdings (Pty) Ltd | Chief Directorate: Communication | 30/11/2006 |
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In light of the reports in the media regarding my involvement with Dyambu Holdings, which is in turn involved with the Gautrain project, I would like to place the following facts on record:
Dyambu was established by m ...
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| Home Affairs Deputy Minister provides services in Western Cape | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/11/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, will embark on a two-day visit to Western Cape Home Affairs service centres, between Monday 27 November, and Tuesday 28 November 2006.
The purpose of the visit is t ...
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| Statement on Visa,Zimbabwe | Chief Directorate: Communication | 24/11/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs would like to clarify reports indicating that South Africa has agreed to waive VISA requirements for Zimbabwean nationals.
The South African government has at no stage during the second ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba In Tripoli, Libya | Chief Directorate: Communication | 21/11/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home of Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will attend a Ministerial Conference, Africa-EU on International Migration and Development in Tripoli, Libya between 22 and 23 November 2006.
The purpose of the ...
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| Nkosana Sibuyi leaves Home Affairs | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/11/2006 |
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Home Affairs contact persons
The Department of Home Affairs wishes to inform members of the media that Mr Nkosana Sibuyi has left the Department and can no longer be contacted for comments.
Members of the media are ...
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| Gigaba Graduates 300 Youth On National Youth Service Programme | Chief Directorate: Communication | 02/11/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Malusi Gigaba together with Eden (George) Municipality Mayor Cllr Rudi Laws, will tomorrow - 03 November 2006 graduate 300 young people under the National Youth Service Programme ...
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba responds to the needs of the needy | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/09/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will, on the 29th September 2006, visit the Ndondakusuka Municipality’s KwaSithebe Industrial Area, KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, to bring government services closer to ...
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| Minister To Address The Un High Level Dialogue | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/09/2006 |
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MS NOSIVIWE MAPISA – NQAKULA, SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS, TO ADDRESS THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) ON BEHALF OF THE G77 AND CHINA, REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The forthcoming United ...
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| Statement On The Appointment Of Ms Lerato Afilaka | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/09/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has noted concerns and reports in the media about the appointment of Lerato Afilaka as the Director of the Gauteng West area. The accusations leveled against Afilaka are that she is not qu ...
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| Intended Strike Action By Immigration Officers | Chief Directorate: Communication | 31/08/2006 |
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This morning the Department of Home Affairs and the Public Servants Association (PSA) signed an agreement resolving the immigration officer dispute. This agreement settles the dispute between the two parties and the impe ...
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| Job Evaluation And Placement Of Immigration Officers | Chief Directorate: Communication | 29/08/2006 |
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This morning a high level delegation from the Department of Home Affairs and the Support Intervention Team (OPSC and DPSA), met with all unions operating within this sector, which included NEHAWU, PAWUSA and the Public S ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba Delivers Services To Young Women | Chief Directorate: Communication | 18/08/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Malusi Gigaba will visit Mbumbulu’s Tobi Senior primary school and surrounding areas to engage young women on service delivery programme under the theme “From a Dompas to an empow ...
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| Immigration Officers Dispute | Chief Directorate: Communication | 16/08/2006 |
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Following respective meetings between the Department of Home Affairs and the Public Service Association on the 13th and 23rd June 2006, the Department agreed to embark on job evaluations of Immigration Officer’s salary l ...
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| Home Affairs Statement On The Arrest Of 81 Illegal Foreigners | Chief Directorate: Communication | 14/07/2006 |
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In a bid to address the issue of xenophobia and crime in the country, Home Affairs National Immigration Branch (NIB) together with stakeholders such as the South African Police Service (SAPS), Departments of Labour, Soci ...
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba visits Barbeton, Mpumalanga | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/07/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will embark on a two-day outreach programme in Barberton, Mpumalanga from 13-14 July 2006.
Mr Gigaba will participate in various activities as part of the Departme ...
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| Minister's response on Immigration issues | Chief Directorate: Communication | 29/06/2006 |
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The Immigration Act was amended in 2004 and was implemented, together with new Regulations on 1 July 2005, almost exactly a year ago. We recognise that although the overall policy framework is sound, there have been some ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba to interact with young refugees | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/06/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will on Tuesday (27 June 2006) convene an Imbizo with the refugee youth residing around Gauteng to talk about their rights and responsibilities as well as challenges ...
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| Home Affairs In Wynberg Offices Moves To A New Area | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/06/2006 |
The Department of Home Affairs wishes to inform members of the public that its service delivery point, Wynberg District Office (Chadwick and 5th Street) in Gauteng has been closed with immediate effect.
The o ...
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| South Africa Commemmorates World Refugee Day | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/06/2006 |
South Africa will be one of the many countries around the world that will be commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20.
A number of cultural activities and media events will highlight the role that all South ...
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| Government Statement: Deportation Of Mr Khalid Rashid | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/06/2006 |
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Government has noted public discussion around the case of Mr Khalid Rashid. Now that the matter has been processed through the courts, government wishes to clarify critical issues pertaining to the case.
In the first ...
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| Statement Relating To The Deportation Of Khalid Rashid | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/06/2006 |
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Having studied the judgment and the court order involving the provision of information regarding the deportation of Mr Khalid Mahmood Rashid to Pakistan on 6 November 2005, the Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nq ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba gets behind the desk in the Eastern Cape | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/05/2006 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will tomorrow, 13 April 2006 put aside his office duties and get behind the counter for a day to serve members of the public in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. The ev ...
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| Home Affairs press statement on the Issuing of Passports | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/04/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has noted with concern a welter of media reports which alleged that there is an embargo around the issuing of new passports. Further, the media reports allege that the Department has run ou ...
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| Extended Operational Hours At Ports Of Entry For The Easter Season
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/04/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs is pleased to announce to the traveling public the extension of operational hours at the Ports of Entry for the Easter Season. It is our belief that these arrangements will assist travelers ...
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| Public urged to report fraudulent IDs | Chief Directorate: Communication | 29/03/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has observed recent media reports on the production and acquisition of fraudulent Identity Documents.
We are also aware that these fake documents are unfortunately being used by criminal ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula to open Orange Farm MPCC
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/02/2006 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will tomorrow officially open the Orange Farm Multi-Purpose Community Centre (MPCC) in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg.
The Minister will be joined by Gauten ...
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| Extension of hours at Home Affairs offices | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/02/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce the extension of hours at all its offices serving members of the public starting from tomorrow, 23 February 2006. The decision to extend the operational hours was taken t ...
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| Home Affairs Minister takes Imbizo to Giyani in Limpopo | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/02/2006 |
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As a further confirmation to the Home Affairs high level commitment to service delivery in the new year (2006) the Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will on Friday (17 February) 2006 deliver ID’s to impove ...
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| COUPLES TIE THE KNOT IN GRAND STYLE | Chief Directorate: Communication | 14/02/2006 |
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Cape Town- Twenty-two couples celebrated Valentine’s Day in grand style when they said “I Do” at the Robben Island Museum today, 14 February 2006.
The event was presided over by the Chairperson of the Home Affairs Por ...
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| Home Affairs hosts 1st Foreign Offices Conference
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/02/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs invites members of the media to the 1st Foreign Office Conference to be held at the Birchwood Hotel from 05 to 08 February 2006.
The objective of the conference is to promote the vision ...
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| Home Affairs conducts mass marriages on Valentine’s Day | Chief Directorate: Communication | 31/01/2006 |
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In line with the spirit of love prevalent on Valentine’s Day (14 February 2006), the Department of Home Affairs will conduct marriages at the Robben Island Museum in Cape Town.
Since the inception of the initiative in ...
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| March 1, 2006 Declared a Public Holiday | Chief Directorate: Communication | 27/01/2006 |
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The Minister of Provincial and Local Government has in terms of the Local
Government Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 of 1998) declared
that the local government elections will be held on 01 March 2006.
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| Statement on the arrest of officials | Chief Directorate: Communication | 27/01/2006 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce the arrests, and the subsequent suspensions, of four (4) of its officials based at the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office.
The officials were arrested yesterday (26 Ja ...
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| Statement on Mr Khalid Mahmood Rashid’s deportation to Pakistan | Chief Directorate: Communication | 18/01/2006 |
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Due to public and media interest in the circumstances surrounding Mr Khalid Mahmood Rashid, the Department of Home Affairs wishes to make a statement in this regard. It is our conviction that this matter will be discusse ...
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| Statement on the Beitbridge Border Post | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/12/2005 |
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Due to public and media interest in the circumstances surrounding the Beitbridge Border Post, the Department of Home Affairs wishes to make a statement in this regard.
Yesterday, the Director General of Home Affairs ...
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| Home Affairs condemns hostage at its Johannesburg office
| Director : Communication | 01/12/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs regrets to inform members of the public that its official was held hostage yesterday (30 November 2005) at the Johannesburg branch Cnr Market and Merriam Makeba Street.
The situation was ...
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| 02 January 2006, is a Public Holiday | Director : Communication | 29/11/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to dismiss misleading media reports that claim that Monday, 02 January 2006 is not a public holiday. At no point did the Department make such a pronouncement and we wish to set the r ...
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| Tuesday, 27 December not a Public Holiday
| Director : Communication | 28/11/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has received numerous inquiries regarding Tuesday, 27 December 2005 as a public holiday.
In terms of the Public Holidays Act 1994, whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the follow ...
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| Implementation of Transit Visas for Certain Nationals
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to inform all airlines, travel agents and travelers of changes in transit visa policy.
Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has approved that all foreign nationalities be exempted fr ...
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| Visa requirements with Zimbabwe still in place | Director : Communication | 27/10/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs would like to inform all airlines, travel agents and travelers that Visas for Zimbabwe nationals traveling on ordinary passports into South Africa for holiday, business and transit purposes ...
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| Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba calls youth into action | Director : Communication | 21/10/2005 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba kick-started a national ‘ground breaking’ youth initiative yesterday (20 October 2005) in Seshego, Limpopo and called for a renewed youth activism in the social transfor ...
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| Youth to engage Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba on democracy | Director : Communication | 18/10/2005 |
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In an effort to maximise youth participation in electoral processes, the Department of Home Affairs, together with the department of Education (Directorate Youth Development Programmes), Independent Electoral Commission ...
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| Tuesday, 27 December not a Public Holiday
| Director : Communication | 13/10/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has received numerous inquiries regarding Tuesday, 27 December 2005 as a public holiday.
In terms of the Public Holidays Act 1994, whenever a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the follow ...
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| Home Affairs Hosts Counter-Corruption Workshop
| Director : Communication | 11/10/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs invites members of the media to a counter-corruption workshop to be held at the CSIR, Pretoria from 12-14 October 2005.
During the workshop different units within the Department will giv ...
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| Statement on Strike Action at Johannesburg International Airport
| Director : Communication | 10/10/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs is aware of the non-appearance at work by 34 Immigration Officers at the Johannesburg International Airport.
We would like to assure members of the public that we have applied contingen ...
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| Minister extends Lokisa Ditokomane Campaign until December | Director : Communication | 06/10/2005 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has announced the extension of Lokisa Ditokomane campaign to the end of December 2005. The campaign, which was launched in May 2005, was supposed to run until the ...
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| Home Affairs Minister's Imbizo Diary
| Director : Communication | 04/10/2005 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will this week embark on a series of Izimbizo as part of the Imbizo Focus Week that runs from 01-09 October. The Izimbizo will take place in Gauteng, Free State and Ea ...
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| Statement on uplifting of suspensions | Director : Communication | 27/09/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs hereby confirms that the suspension of the three senior officials suspended two months ago have been uplifted as of the 22 September 2005.
It should be noted that the departmental proce ...
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| Deputy Minister Gigaba remembers victims of Boipatong | Director : Communication | 23/09/2005 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba will on Sunday (25 September 2005) take the ID Roll-Out Campaign to the Vaal, in the Sedibeng area. The focus of campaign will be on remembering the victims of the Boipat ...
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| Home Affairs Offices not to open on Saturday, 24 September 2005
| Director : Communication | 22/09/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to take this opportunity to inform members of the public that its offices will not be open on Saturday, 24 September 2005 due to the day being a public holiday.
Though, the Depart ...
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| Deputy Minister to officiate at the Graduation ceremony | Director : Communication | 21/09/2005 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba will officiate at the Graduation ceremony where 52 previously street kids and now rehabilitated youth will mark off their training from the Van Ryn Youth Center.
D ...
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| Home Affairs briefs Portfolio Committee
| Director : Communication | 13/09/2005 |
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HOME AFFAIRS ON COURSE TO ACHIEVE CORE OBJECTIVES
The Department of Home Affairs is aligned with Government’s strategic objectives in the spheres of economic growth and development; in this regard the D ...
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| Deputy Minister to Hand-Deliver An ID to a Bedridden Women | Director : Communication | 12/08/2005 |
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Taking services to the people will assume a practical meaning when the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba delivers an ID to the elderly people in Barberton, Nelspruit, tomorrow, 13 August 2005.
The highlig ...
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| People’s Imbizo to bring services to Gauteng, Thembisa residents | Director : Communication | 28/07/2005 |
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Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba, Gauteng MEC for Social Development Bob Mabaso and Ekhuruleni Executive Mayor Duma Nkosi will, on Sunday (31st July 2005), host a people’s Imbizo whose theme is ‘Bringing Ser ...
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| Home Affairs Deputy Minister rolls out “Lokisa Ditokomane” | Director : Communication | 26/07/2005 |
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Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba will roll out the “Lokisa Ditokomane” campaign by visiting Umsinga, Tugela Ferry in KwaZulu-Natal to encourage members of the public to come forward and correct documents whic ...
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| Home Affairs Spokesperson in Car Accident | Director : Communication | 25/07/2005 |
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It is with a great sense of sorrow and sadness that the Department of Home Affairs informs members of the media that the Departmental Spokesperson Nkosana Sibuyi has been involved in a car accident.
Mr Sibuyi was trav ...
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| Satement On Lokisa Ditokomane | Chief Directorate: Communication | 14/07/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs is pleased to release the latest statistics on the Lokisa Ditokomane campaign, which is aimed at encouraging South Africans with erroneous details on documents issued by the Department to c ...
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| Home Affairs Statement On Mr. Wesley Trent Snipes
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 13/07/2005 |
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Due to public and media interest in the circumstances surrounding Mr Wesley Trent Snipes’ possession of fraudulent South African documentation, the Department of Home Affairs wishes to make a statement in this regard.
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| Home Affairs Update Media Database
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 13/07/2005 |
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The Home Affairs Department is in the process of updating its media database. We will therefore appreciate it if you can furnish us with your details, or those of reporters within your organisation whose beats include Ho ...
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| Postponement Of Home Affairs Media Briefing To Sunday | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/07/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs wishes to inform you about the postponement of the press briefing which was due to take place tomorrow. We apologise for the inconvenience that this development may have caused.
At the s ...
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| Media briefing on patterns of corruption in the Department | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/07/2005 |
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Director-General Jeff Maqetuka to address media on patterns of corruption in the Department
The Department of Home Affairs invites members of the media to a media briefing to be addressed by the Director-General Jeff ...
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| Immigration Amendment Act Comes Into Effect
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 30/06/2005 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs is pleased to announce that the Immigration Amendment Act (Act, 19, 2004) will come into effect tomorrow, 01 July 2005.
This follows the publication of the Final Immigration Regulations ...
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| President Mbeki to address a National Youth Day rally in Kimberley
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/06/2005 |
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President Thabo Mbeki will address the National Youth Day rally on Thursday, 16 June 2005 at 09h00 at the ABSA Stadium in Kimberley. SABC1 will broadcast the event live from 11h00 - 13h00.
As our country celebrates the ...
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| National Conference Against Child Pornography 's Declaration | Chief Directorate: Communication | 03/06/2005 |
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CONFERENCE DECLARATION
We, the delegates gathered at the National Conference against Child
Pornography, convened by the Film and Publication Board in Partnership with
the Department of Home Affairs, brought t ...
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| Home Affairs Deputy Minister to mark International Children’s Day | Chief Directorate: Communication | 30/05/2005 |
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Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba will kick-start the department’s Youth Month programme by visiting the Merry Vale Special School,
in Kwa Zakhele in Port Elizabeth, where he will register children with special ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula to present Budget Vote | Chief Directorate: Communication | 24/05/2005 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Honourable Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will present the 2005 Departmental Budget Vote to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in Cape Town, tomorrow.
Members of the media are cordially ...
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| Child Pornography under Spotlight
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 24/05/2005 |
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The Films and Publication Board (FPB) in partnership with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) will convene a National Conference Against Child Pornography from 02-03 June 2005 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.
The con ...
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| Home Affairs Minister and DRC counterpart in bilateral talks | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/05/2005 |
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South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Novisiwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, Professor Theophile Mbemba Fundu, met in Johannesburg yesterday to identify areas needing consideration ...
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| DRC Interior Minister arrives in South Africa for a working visit
| Chief Directorate: Communication | 17/05/2005 |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Interior, Security and Decentralisation, Professor Theophile Mbemba Fundu arrives in South Africa later this evening.
The Minister will be accompanied by senior official ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula to launch Home Affairs mobile units | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/05/2005 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will launch 10 of the initial 67 Home Affairs Mobile Units on Friday, 13 May 2005 in King Williams Town. The deployment of these vehicles is underlined by the Depa ...
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| JCPS Cluster Media Briefing | Chief Directorate: Communication | 05/05/2005 |
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This briefing endeavours to provide an overview and update of the Justice Crime Prevention & Security (JCPS) cluster work as defined for Cabinet at the January Lekgotla. We are satisfied with the progress achieved in te ...
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| Statement on Rosettenville Refugee Reception Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/04/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has noted a number of concerns pertaining to the conditions at the Rosettenville Refugee Reception Office.
Some of the concerns raised include the lack of ablution facilities, litterin ...
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| Gigaba in the western cape for imbizo | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/04/2005 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will visit the Western Cape Province on the 21 and 22 April 2005, as part of imbizo where he will address the farm labourers and the youth.
The Deputy Minister wil ...
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| South Africa and Mozambique sign a Visa Waiver Agreement | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/04/2005 |
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Pretoria
South Africa and Mozambique today signed a visa waiver agreement in Tshwane in furtherance of the country’s cordial diplomatic relations with our neighbours and the promotion of tourism and foreign direc ...
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| Media Invite - Launch of National Immigration Branch | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/04/2005 |
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President Thabo Mbeki will on Tuesday, 12 April 2005 launch the Department of Home Affairs’ National Immigration Branch at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, at 10h00.
Journalists are therefore invited to a ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula to Interact with Grabouw Residents | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/04/2005 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will interact with the community of Grabouw, in the Overberg Municipality, Western Cape on Monday, 11 April 2005 as part of the government’s Imbizo Focus Week.
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| Home Affairs tarriff increases | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/04/2005 |
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Statement on the announcement of the tariff increases for Home Affairs services
In accordance with the beginning of the new financial year planning cycle, the Department of Home Affairs has noted that it is important ...
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| More Home Affairs offices to open on Saturday | Chief Directorate: Communication | 18/03/2005 |
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As part of our interventions towards improving the standards and quality of services, the Department of Home Affairs will extend office operational hours in different provinces around the country to render civic services ...
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| New Director-General joins Home Affairs | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/03/2005 |
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The new Director-General of Home Affairs, Mr Jeff Maqetuka, will assume office on 16 March (Wednesday) and take the reins from the out-going Director-General, Mr Barry Gilder.
The recent Cabinet decision to redeploy ...
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| Minister N Mapisa-Nqakula relaunches the ID Campaign | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/03/2005 |
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Following numerous concerns highlighting erroneous recordings in applicants’ Identity Documents, the Department of Home Affairs will embark on a Permanent Citizen Campaign to remedy the situation.
The campaign, whi ...
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| Deadline on submissions for Immigration Regulations | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/03/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs advises all who are still interested in making inputs and submissions to the Draft Immigration Regulations to forward them by tomorrow, Wednesday, 02 March 2005.
A final opportunity is t ...
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| GCIM Media Conference | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/02/2005 |
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The Executive Director of the Global Commission on International Migration, Dr Rolf K Jenny, the co-chairs of Commission, Dr Mamphele Ramphele and Mr Jan Karlsson, together with the Director-General of Home Affairs, Mr B ...
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| GCIM delegates arrive | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/02/2005 |
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Its all systems go for the Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) as delegates have arrived for the conference which begins today, February 28, 2005 and ends on March 01 2005.
The GCIM, in collaboration wit ...
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| Extension Of Service Hours | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/02/2005 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has adopted to work for extended hours in its quest for delivering a world-class service. The Department has identified offices that will be working, with effect from 21 February 2005, e ...
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| Statement by Home Affairs On Special Assignment(22/02/2005)
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Last night, Special Assignment flighted an exposé on a syndicate involved in the issuing of fraudulent documents as well as bogus “declaration of citizenship letters” from a chief and a school principal.
Following t ...
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| MINISTER GJ FRASER-MOLEKETI - PARLIAMENTARY MEDIA BRIEFING | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/02/2005 |
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GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Introduction
Governance and Administration is the engine-room of government, ensuring that the machinery of the state has the necessary human resource capacity, instituti ...
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| Valentine's Day registration extended | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/02/2005 |
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Due to an increase in the demand of couples who intend to exchange marriage vows on Valentine’s Day (February 14) at the Robben Island this year, the Department of Home Affairs has extended the cut-off date and time from ...
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| Romeo meets Juliet at the Robben Island on Valentine Day | Chief Directorate: Communication | 09/02/2005 |
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Ten couples have already confirmed their intention to exchange marriage vows at Robben Island during Valentine day (Monday 14). The Department of Home Affairs has since 2000 solemnized marriages at the Island. Those that ...
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| Home Affairs and UNHCR partnership taken to a higher level | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/02/2005 |
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in South Africa donated 25 computers, 5 printers and eight network cameras to the Department of Home Affairs this evening. This donation is part of the U ...
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| Home Affairs Gauteng offices to open this Saturday | Chief Directorate: Communication | 03/02/2005 |
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Four of the Department of Home Affairs’ Gauteng offices will be open for the collection of passports and Identity Documents this Saturday, February 5 2005 from 8am until 1pm.
The offices are the Soweto Regional Office ...
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| Statement on the earthquake disaster in Asia | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/12/2004 |
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In light of the recent earthquake disaster in East Asia and some parts of East Africa, the Department of Home Affairs has set up measures to assist South Africans who may have lost their IDs and travel documents in areas ...
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| Home Affairs appeals judgement on same sex marriages | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/12/2004 |
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The Supreme Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the case of Fourie and Bonthuys v The Minister of Home Affairs on 30 November 2004. Notably, the judgment attracted significant media and public attention.
The ...
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| Minister Mapisa-Nqakula visit Lindela | Chief Directorate: Communication | 20/12/2004 |
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The media is invited to join the Minister of Home Affairs, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, in her visit to the Lindela Repatriation Centre tomorrow.
The visit is a sequel to the phenomenon of the festive season wherein so ...
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| Extension of operational hours | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/12/2004 |
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Home Affairs extend operational hours at ports of entries for festive season
In order to allow free flow of traffic at the ports of entries for South African citizens, residents, tourists and visitors, the Depa ...
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| Gigaba to visit Gauteng Province | Communications and Ministry | 01/12/2004 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will visit Gauteng Province on Friday, 03 December 2004, to engage in activities that are aimed at advancing the good intention of 16 Days of Activism Against Childre ...
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| Minister to open the new Khayelitsha Home Affairs Regional Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/11/2004 |
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As part of the celebrations of the World Aids day, the Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, will officially open the new Khayelitsha Home Affairs Regional Office in the Western Cape Province.
The off ...
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| Minister invites media to Northwest and Gauteng regions | Chief Directorate: Communication | 17/11/2004 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula,will visit the Gauteng and North West Regions as part of the effort to familiarize herself with the quality of the work done by the Department and the challenges a ...
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| Statement on the South African Citizenship Amendment | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/11/2004 |
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Given recent developments around the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act and in response to media enquiries on this matter, the Department of Home Affairs wishes to set out to the public a clear and comprehensive pict ...
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| Malusi Gigaba rolls out child online registration campaign | Chief Directorate: Communication | 10/11/2004 |
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MALUSI GIGABA ROLLS OUT CHILD ONLINE REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba will be visiting the North West Province on Friday, 12 November 2004 campaigning for the registra ...
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| Condolences to the Makhaye Family | Chief Directorate: Communication | 27/10/2004 |
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On Sunday, 24th October 2004, a great and brave Lion, Dumisani Makhaye, or Magagula as he was fondly known in MK, after a long and brave battle with lung cancer, finally succumbed. For those who knew him, they knew that ...
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| Illegal Indian National Arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/10/2004 |
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DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS
Private Bag x114, Pretoria, 0001, Tel: (012) 810 8014
(Media Liaison)Fax: (012) 810 7316
Embargo: Immediate Release
ILLEGAL INDIAN NATIONAL ARRESTED
Ankur Mangaldas ...
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| New contact of home Affairs head office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/10/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affair Head office new contact number is (012) 810 8911. All the previous extensions of head office have been retained but the 314 prefix has been replaced with the new number 810. For example if ...
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| Fraudulent Marriages - Update | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/10/2004 |
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A total of 1 329 women have found themselves married to husbands they do not know since the launch of marriage verification campaign by the Department of Home Affairs at the beginning of August this year.
The Gauteng ...
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| Home Affairs appoints three Deputy Directors-General | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/10/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has appointed three Deputy Directors–General (DDG) in Civic Services, National Immigration Branch and Service Delivery respectively. Two of the new appointees will assume their duties imme ...
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| Pakistan National arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/10/2004 |
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A Pakistan national has been arrested by the Department of Home Affairs’ Cape Town Immigration Inspectorate for allegedly seeking to marry a South African woman with the intent of acquiring permanent residence status.
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| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs will visit Geneva and Mexico | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/10/2004 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba will lead a South African delegation to the fifty-fifth session of the Executive Committee of the United Nation High Commission for Refugees. The session is scheduled to ...
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| Minister invites members of the Media | Chief Directorate: Communication | 29/09/2004 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will be visiting the Lindela Repatriation Centre to address pertinent issues around the centre.
The Minister would therefore like to cordially invite members o ...
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| Relocation of Home Affairs Head Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/09/2004 |
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The relocation of Home Affairs Head Office from the Civitas building in Struben street in the Pretoria city centre to its new home at Waltloo, on the east of Pretoria, has commenced.
The Ministry and the Director-Gen ...
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| Egyptian Nationals In Court Over Scam | Chief Directorate: Communication | 17/09/2004 |
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Elhusseini Elawadi Elbohi 42, Taher Moustafa Mohamed 30, Abou Elsetouh Rahman Elwekil 32, are the three Egyptian male nationals who briefly appeared in court today after being charged for fraud and conspiracy to commit f ...
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| Fraudulent marriages fourth week | Chief Directorate: Communication | 30/08/2004 |
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Additional 348 people have discovered that they are fraudulently married to unknown spouses in the fourth week after the launch of the Check Your Marital Status campaign by the Department of Home Affairs bringing the tot ...
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| Arrests of Home Affairs officials | Chief Directorate: Communication | 27/08/2004 |
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Two Home Affairs officials, a Senior Administration Clerk and an Administration Clerk were arrested by the Scorpions assisted by the Department’s Counter Corruption Unit at the Pretoria’s Head Office and Randburg Distric ...
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| First female DDG appointed | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/08/2004 |
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The Director-General of Home Affairs, Mr Barry Gilder, has announced the appointment of the new Deputy Director-General: Corporate Services, Ms Ohara Diseko.
This position is the highest a woman has ever filled in the ...
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| Update on Fraudulent Marriage Statistics | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/08/2004 |
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In the third week of the Check Your Marital status campaign 235 more women have discovered that they are fraudulently married, bringing the total statistics of fraudulent marriages to 431.
Gauteng East which includes ...
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| More fraudulently marriages discovered | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/08/2004 |
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The latest statistics of women who have discovered that they were fraudulently married without their knowledge is now standing at 200, with the Gauteng province recording 68 and the Western Cape 10 fraudulent marriages. ...
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| Marriage Scam | Chief Directorate: Communication | 17/08/2004 |
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A total of 118 have to date discovered that they were fraudulently married to husbands they did not know since the launch of the Check Your Marital Status Campaign by the Minister of Home Affairs Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqak ...
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| Chinese fined for fraudulent passports | Chief Directorate: Communication | 16/08/2004 |
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Forty Chinese have been fined R3000 or 3 months imprisonment each at the Kempton Park Magistrate court today. The forty, were arrested at the Johannesburg International Airport on Friday (13 August 2004) for using the fr ...
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| A mobile Unit will be stationed at the Pretoria Church square | Chief Directorate: Communication | 13/08/2004 |
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As part of a pilot project aimed at extending services to the clients of The Department of Home Affairs, who cannot access the office during working hours, the Department will tomorrow, Saturday 14 August, open two of it ...
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| Fraudulent Marriages | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/08/2004 |
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About 42 women have discovered that they are victims of illegal marriages in the first week of the National Check Your Marital Status Campaign. The campaign was launched last week by the Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Ma ...
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| Home Affairs Immigration Officers out on bail | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/08/2004 |
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5 Home Affairs Immigration Officers, who are stationed at Ficksburg Border Post, appeared briefly before the Ficksburg Magistrate’s Court on charges of corruption and perjury.
The Officers, Mr. N J Ntombela, M V Khot ...
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| South Africa & Rwanda sign a memorandum of understanding | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/07/2004 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will this evening, July 28, 2004 sign a memorandum of understanding between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Rwanda through its Directorate General ...
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| Five officials arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/07/2004 |
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Five officials of the Department of Home Affairs were arrested today, July 28 2004 in the Free State Province.
Two Senior Administration Clerks based at the Phuthaditjhaba’s district office of the department were arre ...
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| Flooding of civitas building | Chief Directorate: Communication | 27/07/2004 |
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The relocation of the Head Office of the Department of Home Affiars to Watloo is being fasttracked following two flooding incidents in the month of July which led to early departure of workers from the 34 years old Civit ...
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| The spirit of volunteerism continues. | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/07/2004 |
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An effort of rehabilitating the offices of Home Affairs is not yet over. This became apparent during the meeting held between the project manager of National Volunteer campaign, Mr Pat Nkambule and Provincial managers of ...
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| Three Officials nabbed | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/07/2004 |
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Three Immigration Officers, based at the Van Rooyenshek Border Control in the Free State Province were granted bail of R1 500 each after being arrested on Wednesday, 14 July 2004 for allegedly assisting foreigners to ent ...
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| Invitation for nominations to the Film AND Publication Board | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/07/2004 |
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DEPARTMENT: HOME AFFAIRS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
242 Struben Street, Private Bag X114, Pretoria, 0001
Parliamentary Office, 120 Plein Street, Private Bag X9048, Cape Town, 8000
INVITATION FOR NOMINATIONS ...
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| Electoral Commissioners interviewed | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/07/2004 |
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MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE PANEL ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACT No. 51 OF 1960 TO RECOMMEND CANDIDATES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
The 13 shortlisted candidates for the Elector ...
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| Electoral Commission Act | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/07/2004 |
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MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE PANEL ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACT. No. 51 OF 1960, TO RECOMMEND CANDIDATES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
In terms of section 6 of the Electoral Commi ...
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| Relocation of head office on hold | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/07/2004 |
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The imminent relocation of the head office of the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria has been delayed due to some logistical considerations and security arrangements.
Yet another series of meetings took place dur ...
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| Deputy Minister to launch the Home Affairs Internship Programme. | Chief Directorate: Communication | 29/06/2004 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba, will tomorrow (30 June 2004) launch the Home Affairs Internship Programme.
The Internship Programme is a broader Government Programme, aimed at addressing the ch ...
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| Minister addresses Volunteers in Wynberg | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/06/2004 |
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Minister Speech
Ladies and Gentlemen, Church Ministers that I met earlier at my l arrival, the Volunteers, and Youth from Alexandra, I greet you all.
I am told that there are also big companies, some of those who ...
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| Ex Volunteer arrested in newcastle, Durban | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/06/2004 |
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The plight of rooting out corruption continues in the Department of Home Affairs. An ex volunteer in the Newcastle District office was arrested on Wednesday, 23 June 2004 on allegations of fraud and forgery.
Three c ...
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| Rixaka revives a tradition of volunteerism
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The national volunteer campaign (rixaka ro tinyiketela) in Limpopo Province was celebrated in a traditional style.
The campaign, which was launched by the Director-General, Mr Barry Gilder, saw local traditional lea ...
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| Immigration Practitioners handed certificates | Chief Directorate: Communication | 18/06/2004 |
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A total of 108 registered immigration practitioners were handed certificates on June 15 at a function hosted by the Department of Home Affairs and the Association of Immigration Practitioners of South Africa (AIPSA).
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| Minister to launch Home Affairs National Volunteer Campaign | Chief Directorate: Communication | 17/06/2004 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will on Saturday (19th June 2004) launch the Home Affairs’ National Volunteer Campaign(Rixaka ro tinyiketela) at Alexandra District Office in Gauteng Province.
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| 12 alleged corrupt officials granted bail | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/06/2004 |
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The 12 officials of Home Affairs Department who were arrested last month at Bloemfontein in the Free State Province for corruption were today granted a bail of R2000-00 each. The condition of their bails stipulates that ...
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| Applicant dies at Home affairs Office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/06/2004 |
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A white male aged between 35 and 40 collapsed and died today at the Port Elizabeth Regional Office of Home Affairs at North End. The man who was in a queue to apply for an Identity Document was wearing a black tracksuit ...
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| Home Affairs Officials Appear In Court | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/06/2004 |
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Twelve Home Affairs officials who were arrested last week on allegations of corruption and fraud appeared briefly at the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court on Monday May 31.
They remained in police custody and their case h ...
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| Intern programme to be launched | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/06/2004 |
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IN order to give expression to President Thabo Mbeki’s announcement that government will create jobs for unemployed graduates, the Department of Home Affairs will launch its Youth Development Internship Programme on June ...
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| Relocation of Randfontein office | Chief Directorate: Communication | 01/06/2004 |
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Yet another office of the Department of Home Affairs relocates to new premises. The Department’s Randfontein District Office will move to the old Pick ‘n Pay building, No.2 Main Reef Road, Fountain Plaza during this wee ...
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| Home Affairs officials arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 28/05/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs has once again proved that it is serious about rooting out corruption. This is after 12 officials of the Department were arrested in Bloemfontein in the Free State Province yesterday for th ...
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| Bribed official arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 26/05/2004 |
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An official of the Department of Home Affairs based in the Pretoria District Office was arrested on 12 May 2004 for allegedly accepting a bribe. The Immigration Officer, Ms. Raesetja Magdeline Phoshoko, allegedly accepte ...
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| Postponement of the National Volunteer campaign | Chief Directorate: Communication | 21/05/2004 |
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Due to other pressing official commitment of the Department, the National Volunteer campaign (Rixaka ro tinyiketala), which was supposed to be held on 29th May 2004, has been postponed to a later date in June 2004.
Dur ...
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| Relocation of Rustenburg offices | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/05/2004 |
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As part of the turn-around strategy of the Department of Home Affairs, new premises for the Rustenburg District Office in the North West will now be at 127 Bethlehem Drive, opposite the taxi rank in Rustenburg. This wi ...
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| Invitation for to be part of the National Volunteer campaign | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/05/2004 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula cordially invites you to be part of the National Volunteer campaign (Rixaka ro tinyiketela). During this campaign the staff of the Department, together with m ...
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| Temporary Closure Of Maseru Port Of Entry | Chief Directorate: Communication | 22/04/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs would like to alert travellers that the Maseru Bridge port of entry would be temporarily closed on 27 April 2004 between 10:00 and 17:00.
Travellers on the day are advised to either use ...
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| ID stickers charges | Chief Directorate: Communication | 14/04/2004 |
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The Director-General of Home Affairs, Mr Barry Gilder together with the National Police Commissioner, Mr Jackie Selebi have jointly addressed a press conference at the IEC media center in Pretoria today where they inform ...
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| Press stickers on IDs | Chief Directorate: Communication | 13/04/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs would like to advise members of the public to refrain from altering or defacing identity documents.
The advice comes in a wake of a concern raised that there were some political parties ...
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| Home Affairs offices open on 10, 12 & 14 April | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/04/2004 |
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The 14th April 2004 has been declared a public holiday in accordance with Section 2A of the Public Holiday Act(Act No 36 of 1994). This holiday was declared specifically to allow South Africans to exercise their right t ...
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| Deputy Minister to visit Joe slovo informal settlement | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/04/2004 |
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The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mrs N.N. Mapisa-Nqakula, will be handing over Identity Documents to fire disaster victims of the inferno that recently ripped through Joe Slovo informal settlement near Langa in Ca ...
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| Public Hearings Of Review Of Public Holidays | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/04/2004 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi has appointed an interdepartmental task team to review the South African Public Holiday calendar. The appointment of a task team follows numerous concerns from differ ...
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| Extension of operation hours at ports of entries | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/04/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs will from tomorrow (07 April 2004) until 12 April 2004 extent the operation hours at some of its ports of entries due to anticipated increase in traffic flow during Easter season.
Gaute ...
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| Home Affairs will operate on Easter weekend | Chief Directorate: Communication | 06/04/2004 |
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In order to ensure that prospective voters have ample opportunity to collect their identity documents (ID’s) or apply for temporary identification certificates (TIC) for voting purposes, the Department of Home Affairs wi ...
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| Civic Services tarrifs increases | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/03/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs will from April 01, 2004 increase the tarrifs on the civic services. This annual increment will see the public paying R13.00 for the re-issue of the identity document while the first issue ...
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| Home Affairs office at Umzimkulu to relocate | Chief Directorate: Communication | 24/03/2004 |
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The Home Affairs office at Umzimkulu in the Eastern Cape Province will today relocate to the Umzimkulu College of Education in the same area. The move follows a series of burglaries that have been experienced in that off ...
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| Two officials arrested at Johannesburg International Airport | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/03/2004 |
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Two officials of the Department of Home Affairs who are both based at the Johannesburg International Airport Port Control Office were arrested on Wednesday, 10 March 2004 for aiding and abetting Chinese citizens.
The ...
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| Triple Arrest For Corruption In Soweto | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/03/2004 |
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A Home Affairs official, together with his accomplice and a Mozambican illegal immigrant were arrested in Soweto on Thursday, 18 March 2004 on charges of fraud.
The official allegedly sold his accomplice fraudulent id ...
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| Press Statement: Immigration Regulations | Chief Directorate: Communication | 15/03/2004 |
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PRESS STATEMENT ON
THE IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS
BY
MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI, MP
MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS
I read from press reports about the action launched by President Mbeki which, ...
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| Home Affairs official arrested | Chief Directorate: Communication | 12/03/2004 |
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A Home Affairs official based at the Johannesburg Market Street is facing charges of aiding and abetting after she was arrested yesterday.
The official is a senior administration clerk and she cannot be named yet as ...
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| 14 April 2004 has been declared a public holiday | Chief Directorate: Communication | 25/02/2004 |
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In order to allow all South Africans to exercise their right to vote, the 14th April 2004 has been declared a public holiday in all the Provinces of the Republic.
The day has been gazetted as a public holiday. Section ...
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| Minister South African Citizenship Amendment Bill | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/02/2004 |
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi will today present the South African Citizenship Amendment Bill, which is aimed at bringing into line with Section 20 of the Constitution as far as dual citizenship i ...
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| Corrupt Official Arrested In Musina
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The Department of Home Affairs’ fight against corruption has had yet another breakthrough in the Limpopo Province.
The Organised Crime Unit of the SAPS in Thohoyandou has arrested Mr. Andrew Motau, an Administration C ...
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| Robben Island on Valentine's day | Chief Directorate: Communication | 11/02/2004 |
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Love will be in the air this Saturday at Robben Island,which once symbolized hatred for political prisoners in the apartheid era. Robben Island,named a World Heritage Site in December 1999 becomes a venue of love as 21 c ...
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| Invitation: ID Campaign briefing | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/02/2004 |
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The Director-General of Home Affairs Mr Barry Gilder, cordially invites you to a press briefing on the ID campaign in preparation for the national general elections.
Clarity will be provided around the provision of fr ...
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| Mr Mashokwe returns to work | Chief Directorate: Communication | 04/02/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs hereby announces that Mr Leslie Mashokwe, Head: Communications has returned to work with immediate effect.
This follows a disciplinary hearing in which Mr Mashokwe was consequently cle ...
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| Home Affairs intensify its ID public awareness campaign | Chief Directorate: Communication | 24/01/2004 |
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The Department of Home Affairs is continuing to intensify its ID public awareness campaign as part of the voter registration weekend. The Minister,Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi,Deputy Minister,Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Di ...
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| Home Affairs gears itself for the voter registration weekend | Chief Directorate: Communication | 23/01/2004 |
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Home Affairs gears itself for the voter registration weekend
Attention: All News Editors
For Immediate release
23 January 2004
The Voter Registration Weekend of 24-25 January 2004 is of critical importance ...
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| Home Affairs office burns down | Chief Directorate: Communication | 19/01/2004 |
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It has been brought to our attention that the Department of Home Affairs’ office in Itsoseng Township in the North West burned down to ashes last night at around 11pm. The matter has been reported to the police who are ...
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| Invitation: ID Outreach Campaign | Chief Directorate: Communication | 08/01/2004 |
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Attention: Editors/News Editors/All Media
Embargo: Immediate
Date of issue: 08 January 2004
All media are invited to the ID Outreach Campaign in preparation for the next voter registration weekend.
The Minis ...
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| Collect your Identity Documents now! | Chief Directorate: Communication | 07/01/2004 |
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Attention: All News Editors
For Immediate Release
Date: 07 January 2004
Home Affairs urges people to collect their Identity Documents now
As South Africa prepares itself for the third democratic electi ...
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The Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, will on Thursday (07 April, 2005) launch a campa ...
