Chris Watters
Home Affairs must amend 'undesirables' clause
7th July 2014 How many more times are the Courts going to order the Department of Home Affairs to admit yet another “undesirable” before the Department reads the... →
Home Affairs and the Immigration Amendment Act: So where to?
9th June 2014 We now have a major amendment to our immigration legislation and processes. But what is happening at Home Affairs? Who, really, is at the helm of... →
The (all new) Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 - What happens in the short term?
26th May 2014 The long awaited amendments to the Immigration Act, have ‘happened’. Both the 2007 and 2011 Amendments along with a wholly revised set of... →
Zimbabweans In South Africa – An amnesty travesty?
7th April 2014 So, for those approximately 230 000 Zimbabweans who are sitting with their 2010 ZDP permits, the truth will out and the waiting is at an end.... →
'Guptagate', ports of entry and the Department of Home Affairs
6th May 2013 Amidst all the dust and fury of the Guptagate saga, little seems to have been said about the possible role of the Department of Home Affairs – or... →
Mangaung and a new immigration policy?
6th November 2012 Amidst all the supposed doom and gloom in the run up to the Mangaung conference, it is hoped that attentions will not be solely focused on the... →
Home affairs, short term visits, babies and the bathwater (again!)
29th March 2012 As part of its regular display of how much “it cares” for local business confidence, job creation and South Africa’s offshore image as being ‘open... →
The NDP and Home Affairs
21st November 2011 With the NDP, as proposed, the government (or at least Manuel’s office) begins at last to come to terms with what informed immigration policies can... →
South African ‘Refugees’ in Canada
14th October 2011 The media reported recently, and perhaps with a little less passion than previously, that the Federal Court of Appeal [“FCA”] had dismissed Mr.... →
The Department Of Home Affairs is failing refugees
10th October 2011 What is it with so many South Africans and refugees? Why do so many have such a jaundiced view of people who are “forrin”? →
Emigration from South Africa: Sound bites and other silliness
28th June 2011 It is well-known, except perhaps to one or other Government spokesperson, that South Africa is plagued by a skills shortage and endemic un- or... →
The exodus of the South African refugee - The 'Huntley' case revisited
24th June 2011 Traditionally, I have been very wary of relying on statistics in the immigration context, mindful of the image conjured up by the saying attributed... →
Home Affairs and its backlogs – More of the Emperors' clothes?
11th April 2011 George Eliot is accredited with posing the question: ‘What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other.’ It appears that... →
Do we really need jobs & skills – Ostrichism and Home Affairs
9th February 2011 The response of the Department of Home Affairs to the public input to the Immigration Amendment Bill, 2010, may lead some to believe that there are... →
The Immigration Amendment Bill 2010
8th February 2011 The Department recently presented its latest Amendment to the Immigration Act against the background of the Zimbabwean amnesty which media reports... →
The Immigration Amendment Bill 2010
11th October 2010 The Department recently presented its latest Amendment to the Immigration Act against the background of the Zimbabwean amnesty which media reports... →
The Zimbabwean amnesty
4th October 2010 The recently announced amnesty for Zimbabweans who either do not have the correct - or any - temporary residence permit or who instead even have... →
The skills shortage, Home Affairs and immigration strategies
20th September 2010 Government announced recently that because of the chaos in some of the SETAS, it had little data on how well it was addressing the skills shortage.... →
South African citizenship and the 2010 Citizenship Amendment Bill
28th July 2010 The 2010 SA Citizenship Amendment Bill has been tabled in Parliament and the public have been invited to comment on the proposals put forward by... →
The dea(r)th of privacy rights — Home Affairs and the banks
7th June 2010 Coming from the culture we do, where we lived with, and many by and large accepted the validity of, an all-seeing, all-knowing, ‘big brother'... →
The Anti-Trafficking Bill, the Immigration Act and the Refugee Appeal Board
7th April 2010 The Justice Portfolio Committee's announcement that it will not be ‘fast-tracking' the Anti-Tracking Bill [‘ATB'] is to be welcomed by allowing for... →
Foreign spectators and visas for 2010
18th March 2010 The Department of Home Affairs has set out its permit arrangements for the anticipated flood of spectators coming to the World Cup. →
Labour broking and the Immigration Act
5th February 2010 Amidst all the public debate and rancour about labour broking, there is one aspect of this industry that appears to have escaped scrutiny. The de... →
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