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In May 2010 it was reported that the Department of Home Affairs had not paid its bill to the Government Printing Works, leading to a delay in the issuance of new passports, and that the department faced lawsuits from "people erroneously declared dead, people whom they failed to issue with identity documents and others arrested after their IDs ...
Only South African citizens born in South Africa may apply for the Smart ID card. They can apply for a smart ID card in two ways: they can either apply at their local home affairs, [5] or they can apply online [6] at the Home Affairs e-Channel website. The website provides a step-by-step guide on how to apply. [7]
The minister of home affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. This position is currently filled by Leon Schreiber , who was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 30 June 2024. [ 2 ]
An interior ministry (also called ministry of home affairs in many Commonwealth countries or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement.
Botha and his wife Elize retired to their home, Die Anker, in the town of Wilderness, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the city of George and located on the Indian Ocean coast of the Western Cape. [41] [42] Elize died in 1997 after a heart attack. [43] He was briefly engaged to Reinette Water Naude, an independently wealthy woman 31 years his junior.
J v Director General, Department of Home Affairs; Court: Constitutional Court of South Africa: Full case name: J and B v Director-General, Department of Home Affairs and Others : Decided: 28 March 2003: Citations [2003] ZACC 3, 2003 (5) BCLR 463, 2003 (5) SA 621 (CC) Case history; Appealed from: Durban and Coast Local Division: Court membership ...
The State Security Agency (SSA) is the department of the South African government with overall responsibility for civilian intelligence operations. It was created in October 2009 to incorporate the formerly separate National Intelligence Agency, South African Secret Service, South African National Academy of Intelligence, National Communications Centre, and COMSEC.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since the Civil Union Act, 2006 came into force on 30 November 2006. The decision of the Constitutional Court in the case of Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie on 1 December 2005 extended the common-law definition of marriage to include same-sex spouses—as the Constitution of South Africa guarantees equal protection before the law to all ...