The party said it has been inundated with complaints from outraged citizens that are unhappy about the service at various home affairs offices.
The DA says its recent oversight visits to home affairs offices in Benoni and Edenvale in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng have revealed several concerning shortcomings.
The party has called on Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi to urgently review his department’s current system to manage long queues and excessive delays at home affairs offices across the country.
DA MP and spokesperson on home affairs, Angel Thembisile Khanyile, said the party had been inundated with complaints from outraged citizens that lamented the service at various home affairs offices.
“At the Edenvale offices, officials were directing people to the Benoni and Kempton Park offices as their systems had been offline for days.
“The DA was informed that not only had no work been done for two days, but that this systems failure was a weekly occurrence. The continuous cable theft in the area prompted the office to install an MTN router, but this failed to solve the problem,” Khanyile said in a statement on Saturday.
The MP said the DA had received a report alleging that the home affairs offices in Benoni were only assisting five people per hour, while people were forced to stand in long queues without a queue marshal to ensure that social distancing is observed.

“Upon our arrival, we found a long queue with people indicating that they have been waiting for assistance since 07:30 that morning. The manager at this office informed the DA that they too were struggling with their system and that it was offline. Both sites had also only capacitated their offices to 50% due to Covid-19 regulations.”
Khanyile said while the DA understood that some services would be unavailable due to restrictions pertaining to level 3 of the lockdown, it was simply unacceptable that Motsoaledi and his department were yet to come to a satisfactory solution.
“South Africa has experienced various levels of restrictions since March last year. Everyone has had to adapt and ensure service delivery, and it is high time that the ANC government did the same.
“Minister Motsoaledi is a medical doctor to boot. The DA would assume that he would know better than anyone the risk of contracting Covid-19 in long queues where the observance of social distancing becomes less the longer people are forced to wait in queues and then face the possibility of having to return the next day.”
The DA said the Department of Home Affairs could easily solve its challenges by availing some services online as well as enabling people to reserve appointment slots.
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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.
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-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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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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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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