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Anarchy rules at home affairs

It is unwise to entrust our fingerprints, biographical details and legislative authority to a syndicate of delinquent government officials

For the last decade, the government has been complaining that the country has become a destination of bogus asylum seekers who left their homes in search of economic opportunities. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images)

Durban refugee office turns away asylum applicants

A staff shortage means asylum seekers are unable to make appointments to apply for refugee status

File photo: Oupa Nkosi

Budget notes from the bathroom

Run your home like a country and you’ll soon learn how to hold the government accountable

Rules from 2014 had stipulated that minors had to carry an unabridged birth certificate and have parental consent to travel. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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Unabridged birth certificates scrapped in time for festive season

Regulations from 2014 had stipulated that minors had to carry an unabridged birth certificate and have parental consent to leave the country

Herman Mashaba: “When you come into South Africa

‘No one must be in SA without documentation’― Mashaba

City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has been criticised for his comments on illegal immigration during an address in Rwanda

In her resignation letter

UK interior minister Amber Rudd resigns in blow to Prime Minister May

​Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd resigned Sunday, admitting she "inadvertently misled" lawmakers about deportation targets

Peter Dutton has been described as solid

Aussie Minister Dutton the next prime minister, or the great divider?

He has been described as solid, straightforward, laconic, with a strong sense of self and morality in a profile by The Australian.

Dept of Home Affairs ditches Post Office over inefficiency

The Department of Home Affairs has ditched the South African Post Office (Sapo) as the distributor of its documents because of inefficiency. Initially, the Sapo contract with the…