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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
proceedings because that had been halted for some time, actually. If we go back to COVID days, and Home Affairs had never been able to fully process people who are asylum seekers for some time, that went to court, and Home Affairs was then asked to start with
The right level of sensitivity that it needs. Now, this whole issue of home affairs and the Constitutional Court judgment, I would like to point out from the onset that this is just an outlet, as you're saying, of an already existing melting pot of illegal
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
Inasmuch as asylum seekers they will be given papers and then home affairs will process whether they qualify to be refugees in this country. That's neither here nor there, Joanna, because while the home affairs will be processing those applications, people
He's nowhere to be seen because here, this is a home affairs issue. He can't be left to Minister Njaveni, Kubai, and others. And then, yeah, he comes after the fact taking content. We pushed him to an extent that in the next coming weeks, there's going to be a
That Home Affairs has got a massive backlog. I can't imagine how it's possibly going to process millions of applications within any reasonable time period. And Churchill is raising an important issue of corruption within Home Affairs, which has occurred
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Now the problem lies with the very same home affairs and the immigration, what we call officials, as well as the South African police, who have enabled this whole mess to be with us and they were facilitators as well. If you remember very well before Dr. Nkosa
compliance with the court order and listening to the concerns of many South Africans. Meanwhile, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the Concorde ruling does not take away the Home Affairs Department's adjudicative powers. The Con Court did not remove
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
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
Obviously, the directive that was issued by the Department of Home Affairs around that, which has drawn a huge backlash. So she's sitting there, she's explaining to the people that no, it wasn't us, it was the DA, it was the DA minister of home affairs. Over
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
glad that we didn't rush into it last week because today we're going to take our time and unpack this. Home Affairs withdraws the asylum directive after the Deben Soweto violence, right? So Home Affairs has withdrawn this asylum directive. And today we're
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
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
Studio ascertain whether they've got a visa or I've got a visa, only 1,100. Again, the failures of Home Affairs in the sense that they do not have any system to track and trace a person. For instance, you have got 95% of these asylum applications which are not
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
the acceptance phase. You see, you've now reached the fifth stage of grief at counter number seven at Home Affairs. I really can't wait for us to go digital with everything, folks, because Home Affairs doesn't process documents, it processes souls. But look on
proceedings because that had been halted for some time, actually. If we go back to COVID days, and Home Affairs had never been able to fully process people who are asylum seekers for some time, that went to court, and Home Affairs was then asked to start with
or fail to report to refugee reception officers within the required period. The Department of Home Affairs has since withdrawn the directive issued to implement the court ruling. DEFOR says South Africa can easily resolve illegal immigration issues by
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