The Department of Home Affairs' decided to launch a national investigation into the allegations of mothers selling their ...

To that end, Department of Home Affairs offices will be open on Saturdays from 08h00 to 13h00 to help matriculants get their ID documents. This equates to an additional five hours every week. 2024 ...

The department of Home Affairs said it has cleared a backlog of 247 500 identity documents which had started accumulating since November 2023 following a change in IT service providers.

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has warned South Africans with green ID books that they are at risk of numerous crimes and should upgrade to Smart IDs.

Home Affairs has cleared the backlog of nearly 250 000 identity documents (IDs) in one month. The backlog of IDs started to accumulate in November 2023 following a change in IT service providers ...

The Department of Home Affairs says it is going to start cancelling ID books and ID cards – with those affected only getting 30 days to appeal.

Director-General Tommy Mkhode outlined these plans in the latest government gazette from the Department of Home Affairs, published 16th August 2024. Mkhode says there are two reasons a person’s ...

Home Affairs wants to help. The department has called on affected South Africans to get in contact. Investigations will be conducted and the department will clear any IDs wrongfully blocked.

Named Home Affairs @ home, Schreiber wants to enable people to access most services online. “Over the next five years, all of the department’s services must become fully automated, digitised ...

Starting today, 1.4 million naturalised citizens and lawful permanent residents will be able to apply for smart ID cards at home affairs branches and via the eHomeAffairs portal. This, as the IT ...

Visa appeal applicants who need to travel but are awaiting the outcome of an appeal application for a long-term visa, will be allowed to exit and re-enter at a port of entry up to and including 31 ...

When former home affairs minister Naledi Pandor first launched South Africa’s smart ID card project in 2013, the plan was to phase out the ID book and declare it invalid by 2021. Leon Schreiber ...