The national census of South Africa is underway until 31 October, and every household is being counted. The census questions are very basic and include such information as how many people live at an address and how technologically modernised their lifestyle is. However, one of the census questions is as to where each person was …
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Lesotho 0
With Zimbabwe so much in the news these days in South Africa, as well as the issue of immigration to South Africa by people in Zimbabwe, I have decided for a change to focus on another one of South Africa’s neighbours, Lesotho. Lesotho is an extremely rare country in that it is entirely landlocked by …
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Xenophobia in South Africa 0
South Africa is a country with a history of nasty labels for people. If you take any cultural grouping in the country for the last 350 years, you are probably going to find derogatory names for them. In Apartheid, the most obvious was the terrible word “Kaffer” which was used to address dark-skinned people. This …
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PASSOP gets a dressing down from Home Affairs 5
People Against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP) is a local non-profit organisation representing and advocating for refugees in South Africa. Established in 2007, the majority of its members are refugees (although for some reason its name does not indicate that fact). The Afrikaans word “pasop” means beware, and is often seen on “Beware of the …
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Unqualified audit for the Department of Home Affairs 1
For the first time since 1995, the South African Department of Home Affairs has achieved an unqualified audit. Announcing this historic occasion last week, Minister of Home Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said that: “In our walk towards an unqualified audit opinion, the Department of Home Affairs has become a normal department simultaneously achieving improved levels of …
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