Legal Articles and Guides
Home Affairs rejects interpretation of ConCourt ruling
The Department of Home Affairs yesterday rejected ‘categorically false’ claims that a Constitutional Court judgment grants asylum seekers SA citizenship or provides blanket legal status to foreign nationals.
Madlanga commission
Setsiba attorneys have come to a reality that the Madlanga commission commission have climbed its way to higher south African big cases involving crime bosses and corruption, inside south Africa as a whole but point of corrections, in the Zondo commission inquiry featured Manana Setsiba, my sister and my uncle George Setsiba 's daughter and sibling to khupi Setsiba and undercover agent of South African federal Bureau agency.
Moratorium on asylum cases pending full Bench ruling
Confusion over a July Constitutional Court ruling on asylum seekers has prompted Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba to convene a full Bench to clarify how courts should apply the judgment, reports GroundUp.
SIU exposes visa racket
Foreigners have been able to buy their way into SA on fake documents with the help of Home Affairs officials who treated the visa system like an open marketplace, according to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).
Almost 60 000 undocumented foreigners arrested
Law enforcement agencies have arrested nearly 60 000 undocumented foreigners since the beginning of the year as the government steps up operations targeting illegal immigration and other crimes, reports TimesLIVE.
Home Affairs confirms sweeping visa changes
The need to submit medical reports for permanent residency and visa applications has been waived by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) with immediate effect.
US deports disbarred lawyer
Disbarred SA lawyer and alleged shoplifter Peet Viljoen implored a US immigration judge to send him home as soon as possible because his father, Petrus, is reportedly suffering from prostate cancer and is dying.
SIU exposes scourge of sham marriages
Fraudulent marriages and life partnerships have emerged as key tools in immigration fraud, frequently involving foreign ‘pastors and prophets’ who enter SA on visitor visas and later form sham unions to obtain Permanent Residence Permits.
Palestinians may have been trafficked to SA
Human trafficking could be among the reasons behind the arrival of the Palestinian families in SA as the organisation that handled the departure is unregistered and facilitated the travel irregularly and irresponsibly.
SA probes arrival of 153 Palestinians
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 153 Palestinians who ‘mysteriously’ landed at ORT International Airport on Thursday, appear to have been ‘flushed out’, reports News24.
Law clinics under pressure from asylum seekers
Law clinics are overwhelmed with queries from asylum seekers blocked from accessing SA’s asylum system. Asylum seekers are required to apply for an asylum seeker’s permit (also known as a section 22 permit) in person at a Refugee Reception Office within five days of arriving in SA.
Red faces over stateless Cape Town teen
Sixteen-year-old Daniela Rodriguez, born in Cape Town to Cuban parents, cannot complete grade 12 next year due to her lack of legal status in SA.
Digital visa system to go live in September
SA’s fully digital visa system will go live in September, enabling visitors to apply online and store their QR-coded visas on their mobile phones, reports News24.
Ramaphosa and Trump square off in Oval Office clash
President Cyril Ramaphosa can take credit for his role for steering SA away from a full-blown race war in the 1990s, but he walked into a Donald Trump trap in the Oval Office yesterday.
SA slams Trump’s ‘refugee’ resettlement plan
Forty-nine Afrikaners granted refugee status by the US departed from SA on a chartered flight last night. The US Embassy earlier informed Pretoria in a diplomatic note that the first batch of members of the Afrikaner community would be admitted into the US, making good on its offer of ‘refugee status’ for those seeking to leave the country.
