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Judiciary is part of the state. And they are aware that the Home Affairs Department was busy with the procedural proceedings of this matter. They should have allowed the Home Affairs to finish with the procedures and then the Home Affairs come back to them and
this. So, this is a judgment they have to execute as an implementing agent. I'm talking about Home Affairs, right? Home Affairs has been at pains to express the fact that there's been a lot of disinformation and misinformation about their role in this by many
Or not. And noting already the challenges in home affairs, and one could argue that the trust deficit that between home affairs and the people, and all that we've seen. Do we trust the home affairs processes to adjudicate appropriately and ethically when it
In a way, saying Home Affairs, capacitate yourself because this is what you need to do. So it doesn't have to be explicitly mentioning that they can't instruct Home Affairs, but Home Affairs knows that by this ruling, they are supposed to be capacitated. And I
the supreme law of the land. And everyone has to observe those laws, including the Department of Home Affairs. So, if the Department of Home Affairs are not following through on the constitutional judgment and the order that was passed down, they are
Now that there is another comment that we made the Minister regarding the capacity of the home affairs. He said home affairs has caused implementation of this contact decision, so my question is that why are we only looking at the capacity of home affairs? Are
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
The home affairs. The problem is not home affairs. The problem is the United Nations Prohibition for refugees. They are the one they granted mission with the government of South Africa. So the problem is the government of South Africa, they get granted money,
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
as the vehicles. So one of the questions I wanted to ask, and I don't know how close you are to the Home Affairs officers now, but the Home Affairs Officers were the site perhaps of where the violence began over the last couple of days. Can you give me a sense
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
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to that office, then you have to submit that application in person, right? And then, once you give the home affairs official your application, then this is, I think, one of the important parts of that process. They take your biometrics. What it basically means
Judiciary is part of the state. And they are aware that the Home Affairs Department was busy with the procedural proceedings of this matter. They should have allowed the Home Affairs to finish with the procedures and then the Home Affairs come back to them and
this. So, this is a judgment they have to execute as an implementing agent. I'm talking about Home Affairs, right? Home Affairs has been at pains to express the fact that there's been a lot of disinformation and misinformation about their role in this by many
So, what we'll do is get some clarity from Tulani Mavuso, who's the Deputy Director General at Home Affairs. So, if there's anything that concerns you, you need some clarity and you've got a specific question, get it ready. We're going to speak to Home Affairs
Or not. And noting already the challenges in home affairs, and one could argue that the trust deficit that between home affairs and the people, and all that we've seen. Do we trust the home affairs processes to adjudicate appropriately and ethically when it
the asylum seeker applications not being genuine. The other question, main question here, is that does Home Affairs have got the capacity to locate where these people are in the country? What are they doing? Because if Home Affairs makes a decision to say you
In a way, saying Home Affairs, capacitate yourself because this is what you need to do. So it doesn't have to be explicitly mentioning that they can't instruct Home Affairs, but Home Affairs knows that by this ruling, they are supposed to be capacitated. And I
with the Department of Home Affairs in order for you to be deemed right for that application or not. And South Africans have been saying, but how do we know whether this is a real refugee asylum seeker or not? And the fact is that these people will have to go
the supreme law of the land. And everyone has to observe those laws, including the Department of Home Affairs. So, if the Department of Home Affairs are not following through on the constitutional judgment and the order that was passed down, they are
an asylum application, they wouldn't stand. Exactly. And that is why that interview part with the home affairs is important because that is where the home office is going to look at your application in order to determine whether you qualify as an asylum seeker
Now that there is another comment that we made the Minister regarding the capacity of the home affairs. He said home affairs has caused implementation of this contact decision, so my question is that why are we only looking at the capacity of home affairs? Are
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
The home affairs. The problem is not home affairs. The problem is the United Nations Prohibition for refugees. They are the one they granted mission with the government of South Africa. So the problem is the government of South Africa, they get granted money,
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
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Commentators discussed Home Affairs' role in processing asylum applications, including in-person submission and biometric capture 1, and a Constitutional Court asylum ruling that Home Affairs must implement 3. Callers questioned whether the department has the capacity to locate asylum seekers whose claims are rejected 6, and one speaker said the department needs more capacity 7.
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