Department of Home Affairs
A collaborative operation between the police and the home affairs department resulted in the arrest of 10 illegal immigrants at a landfill in the Eastern Cape.
One of the alleged zama zama kingpins says he is a South African, but an immigration officer refuted his citizenship, claiming he received it fraudulently.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced that police officers can conduct spot-check on foreign nationals to determine if they are legally in Mzansi.
Operation Dudula plans to interdict the extension of the Zimbabwean exemption permits (ZEP). The group believes the extension is a betrayal of SA citizens.
178 000 Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders could be deported as many failed to respond to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s appeal to review their status.
Government told employers to plan before December 2022 as the termination of the ZEP means Zimbabweans using the permit must leave the country when it expires.
The Department of Home Affairs confirmed that everything is on course for the digitisation project, which is expected to create employment for young graduates.
SA loses R41bn a year due to abandoned mines. A committee on Mineral Resources and Energy has uncovered gaps in government efforts to address illegal mining.
Operation Dudula members held a march earlier this week where they visited businesses in Cape Town and demanded that they spot employing foreign nationals.
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