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Motsoaledi labelled Afrophobe after PhD student commits suicide

Aaron Motsoaledi, Operation Dudula, illegal foreign nationals, Minister of Home Affairs, department does not support movement
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Operation Dudula: Aaron Motsoaledi denies working with movement

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NEWS IN A MINUTE: DA, EFF issue JOINT criticism of Motsoaledi (Video)

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Motsoaledi labelled Afrophobe after PhD student commits suicide

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Operation Dudula: Aaron Motsoaledi denies working with movement

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NEWS IN A MINUTE: DA, EFF issue JOINT criticism of Motsoaledi (Video)

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‘An idiot’, and ‘a xenophobe’: DA, EFF issue JOINT criticism of Motsoaledi

By Tom Head21-04-2022 10:12

Aaron Motsoaledi has upset parties across the political spectrum with his stance on immigrants: Now the DA and EFF are blasting the minister.

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Kingpin paid immigration officer thousands to smuggle people into SA

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty14-04-2022 14:27

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has shared details about an syndicate that smuggles Bangladeshis into SA illegally through an immigration officer.

OR Tambo immigration official
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Shameful! OR Tambo official BUSTED for letting illegal immigrants into SA

By Tom Head13-04-2022 17:43

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says ‘more arrests will follow’, after an illegal immigration racket was exposed at OR Tambo Airport.

Home Affairs operating hours
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Home Affairs operating hours EXTENDED to 18:30 this week

By Nokwanda Ncwane05-04-2022 13:09

The Department of Home Affairs has extended its operating hours to 18:30 this week. Their systems were offline nationwide last week Friday.

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System offline! Home Affairs to open for extended hours after tech disaster

By Weekend News Producer03-04-2022 15:08

Home Affairs will be open for longer hours on Monday. That’s after a major system outage caused chaos on Friday.

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Anti-xenophobia group KAAX calls for Motsoaledi to resign

By Nokwanda Ncwane27-03-2022 19:40

Motsoaledi said he regards xenophobia as a toy gun used so SA can shrink. Anti-xenophobia group KAAX has called for the minister to resign.

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Home Affairs: Two companies to be BARRED from working with govt

By Thabo Baloyi24-12-2021 16:53

The two companies have lost their last legal bid to force Department of Home Affairs to pay millions for cancelling a R1.5 billion contract

Aaron Motsoaledi
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Motsoaledi: Rich, powerful people illegally obtaining SA permits

By Samantha Riddle14-12-2021 12:26

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that rich, powerful individuals are illegally gaining permenant residency in South Africa.

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Minister Aaron Motsoaledi tests positive for COVID-19

By The South African27-11-2021 10:25

Another government official has tested positive for COVID-19. This time its the 63-year-old Home Affairs Minister.

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Good news: Home Affairs extends opening times ‘by two-and-a-half hours’

By Tom Head18-10-2021 11:26

As Home Affairs Minister, it’s Aaron Motsoaledi’s job to change things if they don’t work – and he’s decided to announce new opening times.

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Home Affairs: Officials suspended for Bushiri’s SA residency approval

By Thabo Baloyi08-09-2021 06:51

A probe found that due process was flouted when Shepherd Bushiri’s permanent residency application was approved

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Polyandry: ‘It’s not the official govt position,’ Motsoaledi says

By Thabo Baloyi20-05-2021 06:00

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has taken issue with how media has reported on the green paper proposing the recognition of polyandry

Home Affairs systems
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At last! Home Affairs plans to finally make services digital

By Nokwanda Ncwane24-03-2021 21:40

The Department of Home Affairs is introducing digital services to ensure a credible population register, not vulnerable to theft and fraud.

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Motsoaledi to visit Lebombo as SA’s 20 land borders reopen on Monday

By Thabo Baloyi15-02-2021 07:19

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has urged travellers to ensure that they have all the required travel documents when they present themselves to border officials

Motsoaledi home affairs covid-19
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Level 3: Home Affairs suspend marriage, ID application services

By Dan Meyer12-01-2021 17:50

Motsoaledi said that in order to control high customer volumes at Home Affairs offices, certain services have been temporarily suspended.

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SA on track to change border policy: Here’s what you need to know

By Farrial Isaacs06-01-2021 15:59

South Africa’s new draft border policy means goods and people will move through the six busiest land ports at a faster pace.

Shepherd Bushiri court
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‘A national embarrassment’: MPs outraged over Bushiri escape

By Thabo Baloyi18-11-2020 07:08

MPs want answers as to how self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri managed to flee South Africa for his native Malawi

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Bushiri latest: Prophet was handed ‘irregular’ residency – Motsoaledi

By Dan Meyer17-11-2020 13:53

Motsoaledi was grilled on Tuesday over Bushiri’s escape from SA, and said that both Major 1 and his wife were in SA illegally to begin with.

Motsoaledi to appear in Parlia
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Motsoaledi to appear in Parliament over Bushiri escape

By Thabo Baloyi17-11-2020 06:55

Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary escaped to their native Malawi. The couple however insists they’re not running away from their R102 million fraud and money laundering trial, but seeking assistance from government

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Bushiri ‘escape’: Aaron Motsoaledi to answer to Parliament

By Andrea Chothia16-11-2020 15:30

Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary left South Africa for Malawi despite bail conditions that prohibited travel outside the country.

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Bushiri escape: Home Affairs minister may face grilling in Parliament

By Tom Head15-11-2020 11:58

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has been accused of ‘failing to secure South Africa’s borders’, after Pastor Bushiri fled the country.

Home Affairs Level 2
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Home Affairs will offer these five additional services under Level 2

By Andrea Chothia28-08-2020 12:15

As the economy reopens under Level 2 lockdown, so has the Department of Home Affairs. Here’s what’s available to you.

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Home Affairs extends permits, visas for foreign visitors

By Thabo Baloyi01-08-2020 08:55

Foreigners who visited the country after 15 March 2020, now have until 31 October 2020 to sort out their documentation

City of Cape Town blamed regarding relocation of refugees
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Government and City of Cape Town butt heads over refugee relocation

By Andrea Chothia06-04-2020 17:37

The relocation of Cape Town refugees has brought up some incessant ‘bickering’ between the national government and the city.

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Home Affairs will only issue these three documents during the 21-day lockdown

By Cheryl Kahla25-03-2020 19:56

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi addressed the media with regards to Home Affairs operations during the 21-day lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic.

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