The resignation. A simple, powerful tool that allows the political
system to admit mistakes and start afresh, restoring public confidence
and proving that there is a price to pay for failing in public duty.
In South Africa it's not used enough. Instead of resignation, we have
golden handshakes, sideways shuffles, ambassadorships and a host of
other means of mollycoddling those who really ought not to have the
public's trust.
One such individual is Malusi Gigaba, the home affairs minister. Let
us leave aside for the moment the fact that home affairs has abandoned
the improvements introduced by previous ministers to slide back into
the slump of inefficiency.
Let us leave aside for the moment the fact that Gigaba's stewardship
of public enterprises was the period during which widespread board
gerrymandering, usually involving the appointment of incompetent
leadership or the bailing out of financially foundering organisations,
became the order of the day.
Let us leave aside for the moment his decision to centralise the
control of these enterprises in his ministry so that he could turn
this policy foolhardiness into a firmly entrenched system of patronage
which is now neigh impossible to alter — unless you pay golden
handshakes and appoint more ambassadors.
The real reason that Gigaba should resign is that he forced through
regulations which have severely damaged tourism, hurting a sector of
the economy that is vital to growth, jobs and which holds the very
identity of brand South Africa in its hands. There are qualified young
people not working in the tourism and hospitality industry right now
because of Gigaba.
He did so after being made fully aware of the dire consequences that
were to follow by the tourism industry, which provided extensive
intelligence on the likely outcome of this appalling policy.
He did so despite the fact that the statistics show that trafficking
through official ports of entry is not

widespread. It turns out that
child traffickers don't pitch up at airports pretending to go on
holiday with their human cargo — they sneak across borders at night,
they hide in containers, they swim on shore from vessels, all of which
activities are not prevented, even slightly, by regulations governing
tourism.
His department went so far as to present a highly speculative figure
of 30 000 victims of trafficking to parliament as fact when the real
statistics are much, much lower. Deceiving parliament is not a mark of
good leadership.
Gigaba promised to consult the tourism industry before introducing the
new regime. He never did. Breaking promises is not a mark of good
leadership.
Once introduced and the predicted devastating outcome of the
regulations became obvious to all — real actual and dramatic declines
in the numbers of people visiting the country — Gigaba refused to
accept that he was now an emperor strutting about in his y-front.
He toughed it out with rhetoric about not being dictated to,
insinuating that those opposed to his destructive polices were somehow
uncaring about the fate of trafficked people.
Well, Cabinet has finally decided that enough is enough and the
tourism minister, Derek Hanekom, has announced that a Cabinet
committee will review the regulations which have clearly had a
detrimental effect.
The outcome of this evaluation is unknown. Will it stand by Gigaba?
Will it excoriate him? Will government change direction?
What is certain is that it is time for Gigaba to man up. He must
acknowledge the dire consequence for jobs and for the country of his
blind hubris and tender his resignation. If he doesn't, the
dysfunction and lack of public trust will linger, fester and brew into
a new crisis when he next takes a flight of policy fancy. V.1070

One of the highlighted topics: Critical Skills Visa.

- Key Insight: Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast track to working in South Afr...
- This matter relates to critical skills visa and its broader implications.
- Individuals are advised to seek professional guidance.

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One of the applicants, Phindile Mazibuko, became a victim of identity theft in 2012 when fraudulent transactions occurred, using her personal details.

-The Pretoria High Court found that the department of home affairs had violated constitutional rights without due process.
-Only half of Lawyers for Human Rights` test group has been unblocked, while 385 000 identities remain blocked nationwide.
-LHR appeals extension, urges affected people to seek help now.

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) are intensifying pressure on the department of home affairs over the national ID-blocking crisis, accusing the state of acting too slowly to unblock qualifying individuals despite a landmark court ruling.

In January last year, the Pretoria High Court found that the department`s practice of blocking IDs without due process was unlawful and unconstitutional. One of the applicants, Phindile Mazibuko, a Swati citizen and South African permanent resident since 1998, fell victim to identity theft in 2012 when fraudsters used her personal details.

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The Border Management Authority (BMA) has doubled its staff at Airports in South Africa , including immigration officers.

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The Border Management Authority (BMA) has doubled its staff at Airports in South Africa , including immigration officers.

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A Washington state mother and her 6-year-old son have been released after spending more than three weeks in US immigration detention due to a brief trip to Canada and a small paperwork mistake, her attorney told CNN on Saturday.

Sarah Shaw, a New Zealand citizen who has lived legally in the US since she arrived in 2021, was detained at the Blaine, Washington, Customs and Border Protection checkpoint when returning home after dropping her two oldest children off at the Vancouver airport for a flight to visit their grandparents in New Zealand. Shaw, 33, chose the flight out of Vancouver because it was direct and she didn`t want her children to have to navigate a layover alone, her attorney Minda Thorward, told CNN.

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On 22 July 2025, the Gauteng High Court dismissed Sitrusrand Boerdery`s review of the Department of Employment and Labour`s refusal to issue a Working Conditions and Salary Benchmarking Certificate, an essential precondition for obtaining corporate visas under the Immigration Act.

Acting Judge Kekana AJ held that the Department`s decision was lawful, rational and procedurally fair. This judgment illustrates how businesses can - and must - structure their corporate visa applications to meet statutory requirements, and how legal practitioners should prepare robust review challenges when administrative authorities decline to recommend foreign-work permits.

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The United States could forfeit an estimated 9.4 billion dollars in visitor spending over the next three years following the introduction of a new 250 dollars `visa integrity fee,` according to industry groups, who warn the policy risks undermining tourism and costing thousands of jobs.
The United States’ decision to introduce a 250 dollars `visa integrity fee` on international visitors has triggered sharp criticism from the global tourism industry, with officials warning that the measure could deter millions of travellers and cost the U.S. economy billions.
The 250dollar `visa integrity fee,` part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed on July 4, 2025, will take effect later this year. According to immigration law firm Envoy Global, it applies to all nonimmigrant visa holders which include students, tourists, temporary workers, and business visitors particularly from African countries. V.6132
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The Border Management Authority (BMA) has doubled its staff at Airports in South Africa , including immigration officers.

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1. Right to Legal Representation•You have the right to consult with a legal representative.•Contact an immigration practitioner, legal aid clinic, or attorney urgently.•Do not sign any documents without understanding them fully. 2. Section 34 of the Immigration Act•You must be brought to court with 48 hours to confirm arrest but you can remain locked up very long as courts figure out what to do with you •If you`re found to be illegally in South Africa, you may be detained for up to 30 days (extendable by a magistrate) pending deportation.•BUT this cannot happen arbitrarily. You must be informed of your rights, and Home Affairs must follow due process.- becomes a nightmare , you could lose your job , business , place to stay V.6121
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Driving for Bolt, Uber, Mr D, or Checkers Sixty60?If you`re undocumented, you`re risking more than just your income.The Risks if You`re Not Legal: - Vehicle impoundment - Heavy fines - Arrest & deportation - Permanent bans from working in SA V.6122
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