The aim is to provide an extension of visa service without risking exposure to Covid-19
6 May 2021
Organisations analysed letters denying LGBTI applicants refugee status
30 April 2021
Asylum seekers have struggled with documents since 2012 when Home Affairs closed its Cape Town refugee office
20 April 2021
Department extends validity of asylum and refugee permits until 30 June
14 April 2021
MK vet leader says the organisation’s name has been dragged “to the ground” by attackers claiming to be veterans
8 April 2021
Aline Bukuru has been separated from her three children who remain in the Bellville camp without a guardian
24 March 2021
Still no functional refugee reception office in Cape Town
23 March 2021
Asylum seekers are desperate for government to start serving them again
19 March 2021
Tashreeqa Isaacs’s life is mired in red tape because of an error that happened 18 years ago
15 March 2021
Yet having fled Zimbabwe, they face “corrupt, homophobic and xenophobic” Home Affairs in South Africa, says NGO
26 February 2021
Gender activists welcome draft new identity management policy, with some reservations
18 February 2021
But minister Motsoaledi this week temporarily suspended certain services, including applications for new IDs, passports and all marriage services
14 January 2021
Meanwhile hundreds of refugees are without basic sanitation at the Bellville camp
25 November 2020
Sonke Gender Justice is seeking to join as a friend of the court in Scalabrini versus Minister of Home Affairs case
By Liezl Human
12 November 2020
Vakele Genu is unhappy with Home Affairs’ solution
By Liezl Human
10 November 2020
Under Covid-19 lockdown validity was extended but asylum seekers have struggled
21 September 2020