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SA Migration Newsletter
06 / 2020 |
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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.
In a victory for `invisible, undocumented children`, unwed fathers
will soon be able to register the birth of their children without
the mother being present or giving consent, GroundUp reported.
In a ruling this week, three judges of the Eastern Cape High Court
deemed the relevant provision of the Births and Deaths
Registration Act to be unconstitutional. It still has to be
confirmed by the Constitutional Court.
Cape Town - Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed that
his department has found an increase of more than 300 foreigners
trying to enter the country during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown
amid the questions in the Beitbridge border post fencing.
The department of home affairs has recommended the extension of
the contract of its front-end visa handling operator until it is
ready to launch a public-private partnership with a new service
provider to undertake the work.
The contract with VFS Global expires at the end of December but
home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi told parliament’s home
affairs committee on Tuesday that this was not enough time to
finalise the public-private partnership, especially given the
constraints imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.
Most foreign-trained doctors spend months trying to register with
the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), but
visiting Cuban healthcare workers waited just three days - and the
HPCSA may have the power to make this possible for more foreign-
trained doctors sitting on the sidelines of the Covid-19 response.
On Monday, Gauteng welcomed 28 Cuban doctors to assist in the
province`s response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The group is part of
the 187 healthcare workers who arrived from the Caribbean nation
on 27 April and are being deployed around the country.
Cuba is known for its strong primary healthcare systems that
helped it achieve one of the world`s highest life expectancies,
according to World Bank data, despite spending less per person on
health than many other nations. It also has a long-standing
partnership with South Africa when it comes to health care.
But the arrival of Cuban healthcare workers came as many foreign-
trained doctors in South Africa said they were s
South Africans who are considering to travel to countries of work
or study will need to show the relevant documents before it is
approved.
This follows Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi`s announcement
over the weekend that South Africans who work and study abroad can
return to the countries where they are based from June 1, 2020.
Motsoaledi, the Department of International Relations and
Cooperation and the National Coronavirus Command Council, approved
essential travel for South Africans who want to return to
countries where they are based. Home Affairs said South Africans
can only depart for work, study, family reunion, take up permanent
residency or receive medical attention. No leisure travel will be
permitted.
Police in Zambia have arrested three people suspected of murdering
three Chinese nationals, dragging the bodies into a factory and
setting it alight.
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has promised a full
investigation into Sunday`s `barbaric` crime.
It took place at the Chinese-owned Blue Star clothing factory.
The attack comes amid a controversial crackdown in the capital,
Lusaka, on Chinese businesses accused of discriminating against
Zambians.
There has also been tension over reports that Chinese factory
managers have been forcing employees to sleep at work to stop the
spread of coronavirus, the BBC`s Kennedy Gondwe reports from
Lusaka. SA
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Table of Contents
1. About SA Migration
2. Unmarried dads should be allowed to register children`s births, court rules 3. Over 300 illegal foreigners arrested for trying to enter SA during lockdown 4. Home affairs seeks extension of VFS Global visa contract The department wants to extend the contract until it is ready to launch a public-private partnership 5. It takes most foreign-trained doctors months to register in SA. How did Cuban health workers do it in 3 days? 6. What South Africans leaving the country for essential travel should know 7. Zambia probes Chinese clothes factory murders
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