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| Home Affairs needs reality check 29. May. 2013 Braam Hanekom | Minister Pandor's Media Statement, Thursday 23 May 2013, Pretoria 23. May. 2013 Minister Pandor, DHA Pretoria | |
Cape Town - While the Department of Home Affairs` refugee centre in
Cape Town continues to refuse to accept first-time applications for
refugee status, and while the centre has been in such chaos – with
police dispersing huge crowds of vulnerable asylum seekers who are
trying to get documented – the same department`s immigration officials
have embarked on large immigration raids. V.2185 | May I take this opportunity on behalf of our department and myself to welcome you all to this media briefing. Today I am also joined by representatives of the Angolan Embassy, the CEO of the Government Printing Works Professor Anthony Mbewu and representatives of the successful bidders for part of the Smart ID Card project. V.2184Click here for full article | |
| Home Affairs defends decision to grant asylum to war crimes suspect 17. May. 2013 Ernest Mabuza – Business Day Live | Population stagnates without immigrants 15. May. 2013 iol.co.za | |
THE Department of Home Affairs had taken all factors, including South
Africa's international obligations, into account in granting suspected
Rwandan war criminal Faustin Nyamwasa war refugee status, the
department says. V.2183 | The country`s population would not have increased between 2011
and 2013 had it not been for the inclusion of 2.2 million immigrants
from Africa and Asia, Statistics SA`s mid-year population
estimates showed yesterday. V.2182 | |
| SA`s rigid immigration regime to undergo sweeping changes 10. May. 2013 Business Day : by Wyndham Hartley | Address to the National Assembly by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs on the occasion of the Budget Debate on the 9 May 2013 09. May. 2013 Department of Home Affairs | |
HOME Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has promised sweeping changes to
South Africa`s immigration regime to make it easier for foreign
businesses and investors to come to the country and to improve
competitiveness in the global skills market. The existing immigration
situation is frequently criticised as being too restrictive, and in
effect a disincentive to foreign businesses.
South Africa also suffers each year from a net loss of skills as
qualified people emigrate to other countries. V.2181 | Address to the National Assembly by the Deputy Minister of Home
Affairs on the occasion of the Budget Debate on the 9 May 2013 V.2176 | |
| Skills shortage hampers business - survey 09. May. 2013 News 24 - Sapa | Budget vote media statement by Naledi Pandor MP, Minister of Home Affairs 09. May. 2013 Department of Home Affairs | |
Johannesburg - A shortage of key skills is affecting business growth
and requires government intervention, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
recently found in an international survey of business leaders. V.2177 | Budget vote media statement by Naledi Pandor MP, Minister of Home Affairs V.2178 | |
| Address by Minister of Home Affairs, Naledi Pandor MP, opening the Department of Home Affair`s Budget Vote debate 09. May. 2013 Department of Home Affairs | SA voted top dream destination 09. May. 2013 WAYN | |
Address by Minister of Home Affairs, Naledi Pandor MP, opening the
Department of Home Affair`s Budget Vote debate V.2179 | SA voted top dream destination V.2180 | |
