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`Home affairs official who defaced birth certificate acted improperly,` says Mkhwebane

Mkhwebane found the child had SA citizenship because his father was South African and said that home affairs had erred by not investigating the complaint. Home affairs has two weeks to reinstate the ID number of a four-year- old child born in ...

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Renewing general work visas challenging in South Africa

General work visas are proving virtually impossible to renew, since the implementation of the current immigration laws on 26 May 2014, when the Department of Labour took on a more significant role in the process.

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South African Retirement Visa

A retirement visa can be granted for 4 years to someone with a monthly pension, irrevocable annuity or retirement account of R37 000 from a net worth/combination of assets realizing R37 000 per month and wishes to retire temporarily or permanently ...

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Immigration lawyer`s arrest puts a spotlight on illegal work permits in SA

TimesLive recently reported that prominent Cape Town immigration lawyer, Craig Smith, had been arrested for allegedly duping the Department of Home Affairs into granting visas to his clients.

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Hackers abuse LinkedIn DMs to plant malware

Fake jobs offers fool unsuspecting users into installing More_eggs back door Hackers are impersonating recruitment agencies on LinkedIn in a bid to target companies with backdoor malware. Researchers at Proofpoint found that the malware campaigns ...

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Parking made easy

When the sensor detects the presence of a vehicle in a parking bay, a signal is sent to the back office computer and to the hand-held units carried by parking marshals.

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Here’s how MTN, Vodacom, Cell C, and Telkom could end up making (possibly rather a lot of) money out of Huawei’s Android crisis

South Africa`s big cellphone operators could end up making money â€` potentially, and over time, rather a lot of money â€` thanks in part to the chaos the United States unleashed this week when its trade restrictions cast doubt over whether Hua ...

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China warns foreign tech firms after Huawei ban

China has reportedly summoned global technology companies for talks to warn they could face dire consequences if they co-operate with the Trump administration’s ban on sales of key American technology to Chinese companies.

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7 mobile security threats you should take seriously in 2019

Mobile malware? Some mobile security threats are more pressing. Every enterprise should have its eye on these seven issues this year.

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Cabinet approves extension of Lesotho permits

Cabinet at its meeting on Wednesday approved the extension of the Lesotho Special Permits (LSP) by another four years. The Department of Home Affairs introduced a Lesotho Special Permit in 2015 and the current dispensation expires on 31 December ...

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Tips on how to get a job in South Africa as a natural born citizen and immigrant

Finding jobs in South Africa can be quite cumbersome. Nonetheless, there are tips on how to get a job in South Africa as a natural-born citizen and an immigrant that you can use to land a good job. These tips are essential for all active job se ...

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Home affairs facing more than R2bn in lawsuits

Acting director-general Thulani Mavuso admits his department has a ‘contingent liability’ of civil actions. The department of home affairs (DHA) is facing more than R2 billion in civil claims because of its service delivery inefficiency, as ...

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380 undocumented foreigners arrested for hijacking building in Hillbrow

CAPE TOWN - Gauteng police have discovered more than 300 undocumented foreign nationals occupying a 21-storey building in Hillbrow. Three suspects, two women and a man, were arrested for hijacking the building after police officers were able to ...

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Race to register visa partner Home Affairs

Johannesburg - Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says his department is working around the clock to ensure the registration of a public-private partnership for visa facilitation services occurs timeously. He was responding to a written pa ...

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This is what likely caused Facebook’s outage - and why SA banks should be concerned

• SA technology analyst Arthur Goldstuck believes outages at the cybercrime company Cloudflare were likely to blame for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram`s network issues. • He believes Cloudflare`s DNS servers went down which affected cer ...