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SA Migration Newsletter
01 / 2021 |
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 SA Migration
International was created out of the need for a
specialist organization to assist people wishing to immigrate,
volunteer, work, bring family, study or open businesses in South
Africa.
The latest visa extension brings the total amount of leeway afforded to foreigners since the beginning of the outbreak to more than 12 months.
• Foreigners who have been unable to leave South Africa due to lockdown measures will now have their visas automatically extended to 31 March 2021.
Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi updated South Africans on the new Covid-19 restrictions,
regulations and their enforcement on Tuesday.
At least 500 undocumented Zimbabweans are being arrested daily, trying to enter the country illegally. That`s according to Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi.
• Foreigners buy the birth certificates of dead SA children to gain South African citizenship, the department of home affairs says.
• To prevent that, it is considering `reregistration` of children at age five, and capturing fingerprints and photos of the iris then.
• Passengers on inbound flights into South Africa don’t have to worry about the 21:00 to 06:00 curfew.
• These travellers will not be breaking the law in travelling from the airport to their place of accommodation, government says.
• This is on condition that visitors can prove â€` by presenting a ticket or boarding pass â€` their late-night travels to law enforcement officers.
JOHANNESBURG - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Tuesday said that international travel has not changed under the country’s level 3 lockdown.
Briefing the media, the minister said the 18 land borders, which were partially operational, would be fully operational.
• The rand is currently trading at levels against the dollar last seen in January 2020.
• While the SA economy is in a world of trouble, local interest rates are attractive to foreign investors.
The country`s second-highest court says the Acts fail to recognise marriages under Sharia Law
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein has declared the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 and the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 to be inconsistent with sections of the constitution SA
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Table of Contents
1. About SA Migration
2. SA just extended all visas again, which now makes for a year of extra time 3. Lockdown: Motsoaledi suspends applications for IDs, passports and marriage services 4. Beitbridge border: Motsoaledi says army makes over 500 arrests daily 5. To foil foreigners, govt wants to ‘reregister’ every SA child when they turn five 6. Foreigners flying into SA get a curfew break â€` but you’ll need to have your papers handy 7. Dlamini-Zuma: No changes on international travel, initiation schools to close 8. The rand’s massive comeback: It’s as if lockdown and ‘junk’ never happened 9. SCA declares marriage act and divorce act inconsistent with constitution
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