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We understood what it means. It says to Home Affairs: remove administrative hurdles that are likely to ensure that a deserving asylum seeker is not getting through. So that court judgment comes out. And then what has triggered this, Bongan? It's the cues at
on the 7th of July. Correct. We looked at the court judgment. We understood what it means. It says to Home Affairs: remove administrative hurdles that are likely to ensure that a deserving asylum seeker is not getting through. So that court judgment comes out.
Home affairs and launch an application. And knowing that Home Affairs doesn't have capacity, they will find themselves sitting here for six months, 12 months, three years, while waiting for those three or four people in home affairs to adjudicate their
judgment on asylum seekers. The Apex Court made a ruling that asylum seekers should be assisted at Home Affairs offices regardless of their status in the country. The decision was implemented by the Department of Home Affairs, but was met with violent
of whether people are queuing there? Because we understand that this directive that was withdrawn by Home Affairs this morning hasn't actually been conveyed to people who continue to queue outside various Home Affairs branches this morning in different parts
We were on 147,000. The Auditor General, back in 2019 already, said with the current workforce under Home Affairs, to clear the backlog would take 68 years. That was in 2019. Now, obviously, fast forward six years later, seven years later, that would be the
Ruling was issued out, Home Affairs was not ready. And before the implementation, what Home Affairs was supposed to do was to get themselves ready in terms of how they're going to deal with the situation. But also, Bonnie, this ruling was not saying they must
It's the people being removed from inside home affairs because when you burn a car in the street, it doesn't solve the corrupt official inside home affairs. And in the media statement, what we have also issued is that SIU has been inside home affairs doing
Now, they've been inundated with so many people in the last few days. Now, that can't be the fault of Home Affairs DG. In fact, they've had to respond now to it, and therefore, there's also been threats against them, and people have attempted to shut down the
With illegal immigration in the country. And even with the withdrawal of that directive, the Home Affairs Directive, which was very controversial, even with that withdrawal, it doesn't seem like it is enough. People still want more. And I'm not sure what that
over wherever you look. And we understand also that the Mayor of Jove, Dadamoreo, will be visiting the Home Affairs offices not so long from now on. All right, and of course, that directive that Home Affairs had initially issued for people to come through and
Withdrawal then of that directive by Home Affairs. Help me welcome onto the show Craig Smith, an immigration lawyer. Craig, good morning. Thanks for your time. So we're dealing with a couple of moving parts, but I think the most consequential one is the fact
been to his bank five or six times in two months. He's told his thumbprints cannot be verified against Home Affairs records and the banking app won't accept his selfie either. And every time the bank sends him to Home Affairs to sort it out. As we get older,
been to his bank five or six times in two months. He's told his thumbprints cannot be verified against Home Affairs records and the banking app won't accept his selfie either. And every time the bank sends him to Home Affairs to sort it out. As we get older,
Be verified against Home Affairs records, and the banking app won't accept his selfie either. And every time, the bank sends him to Home Affairs to sort it out. As we get older, the ridges on our fingertips wear down, and in a world built on biometrics, that
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Meanwhile, in Soweto, residents say they're indifferent to the Home Affairs Department's U-turn on implementing the controversial court ruling regarding asylum seekers. Carinda Jagmahan spoke to them. Just as protesters gathered at the Soweto Home Affairs
The judgment as well as the direction of the Home Affairs Department. The ruling does not grant citizenship, permanent residency, or automatic refugee status. Every applicant must still undergo the appropriate assessments. And the Department of Home Affairs
court ruling, of course, Parliament has to deal with it in 24 months, but your responsibilities as home affairs continue. Right now, there are cases mounting against home affairs where you're cited as the Minister of Home Affairs, where you're not complying
Tenants. I think the problem has been the Department of Home Affairs and the Minister has preoccupied himself with digitization of IDs and passports and things like that, and he hasn't focused on the elephant in the room, which is immigration and refugee law.
Why the protesters decided to go and protest at the Home Affairs Office? Soweto does not have a refugee reception center. So the expectation would be that there are no people queuing up seeking asylum at the Soweto Home Affairs. That's very correct. Soweto
We understood what it means. It says to Home Affairs: remove administrative hurdles that are likely to ensure that a deserving asylum seeker is not getting through. So that court judgment comes out. And then what has triggered this, Bongan? It's the cues at
on the 7th of July. Correct. We looked at the court judgment. We understood what it means. It says to Home Affairs: remove administrative hurdles that are likely to ensure that a deserving asylum seeker is not getting through. So that court judgment comes out.
Home affairs and launch an application. And knowing that Home Affairs doesn't have capacity, they will find themselves sitting here for six months, 12 months, three years, while waiting for those three or four people in home affairs to adjudicate their
judgment on asylum seekers. The Apex Court made a ruling that asylum seekers should be assisted at Home Affairs offices regardless of their status in the country. The decision was implemented by the Department of Home Affairs, but was met with violent
Issues that we have with home affairs is the fact that we see the quality of decision making that is being made by Home Affairs. And what we are also seeing is that most of the people who are meant to adjudicate on these claims are either not lawyers and we
of whether people are queuing there? Because we understand that this directive that was withdrawn by Home Affairs this morning hasn't actually been conveyed to people who continue to queue outside various Home Affairs branches this morning in different parts
We were on 147,000. The Auditor General, back in 2019 already, said with the current workforce under Home Affairs, to clear the backlog would take 68 years. That was in 2019. Now, obviously, fast forward six years later, seven years later, that would be the
Application. Meanwhile, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the Constitutional Court reached its binding judgment on asylum seekers despite concerns raised by the department over the application process. In July, the court delivered a ruling making way
Home Affairs doesn't seem to have enough capacity to be able to do this, nor do they seem to have the qualifications in that first-round interview. And that is based on what lawyers for human rights told us yesterday. That some Home Affairs officials are not
Home Affairs Department. Well, Sfiso, the directive was issued last month following the Constitutional Court's ruling in the Scalabrini Center of Cape Town case. The court declared certain provisions of the Refugees Act unconstitutional because they could
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