The recent passing away of Kader Asmal has generated waves of condolences and official tributes in South Africa. Prof. Asmal was a highly qualified, eloquent advocate of human rights, whose most recent action was to speak out against the highly controversial proposed Protection of Information legislation. He had a distinguished career as an academic, and …
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Terror suspect’s “passport” was fake – DHA 0
If you’ve been following international news recently, you’ve probably come across reports about an Al-Qaeda leader in Somalia who was killed about two weeks ago. According to reports, the leader allegedly had a South African passport in his possession. International and domestic South African media have been making much of this allegation, and so it …
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Cracking down on corruption 1
Bureaucracy is somehow synonymous with corruption. It would be very difficult to find a country in the world that is free of this problem. So it is somehow not surprising that the South African Department of Home Affairs (the DHA) occasioned the arrest of 12 employees in the last three weeks. Assisted by the special …
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Refugee centre to move to the border 0
The big challenge for refugees in any country is to get proper documentation. Otherwise, the threat of deportation can become a reality at any time. It is also harder to find employment or accommodation without the necessary identification papers of the country of residence. Added to this is the fact that the home affairs department …
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