SA's visa chaos worsening skills shortage and putting big investments at risk
In one of the world’s most unequal nations an acute shortage of skilled workers is restraining already tepid growth, limiting job creation and pushing some foreign investors to think about moving their money...
The System Is Down — Load-shedding costs Home Affairs over 6,000 working hours in three months
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) missed out on 6,268 hours of trading in Q4 of the 2022/23 financial year due to Eskom's rotational power cuts, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed.
Responding...
Bank branches where you can get your passport and smart ID — with more to come
The number of bank branches offering passport and smart ID renewals in South Africa has reached 27, with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) revealing that it is currently testing a ninth Standard Bank branch at...
The real story of SA's missing R432-million biometrics database
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi is disputing claims that his department blew R432 million on an undelivered biometrics database and population register, adding that reports saying as much are misleading.
The minister's...
Home Affairs is looking for app developers and paying up to R876,000 a year
Home Affairs is looking for app developers in addition to a range of other roles, according to a job listing advertisement from the department.
The advert lists two available "Specialist: Application Developer"...
"The system is down" — Home Affairs fires IT director
The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed a senior official found guilty on counts relating to gross negligence and gross dereliction of duty.
The official, Simphiwe Hlophe, Chief Director: Infrastructure Management for Information...
Home Affairs hiring 10,000 IT graduates — first job listings go live
The Department of Home Affairs has published the first job listings for its digitisation project, which seeks to recruit 10,000 unemployed young graduates.
The listings are aimed at unemployed South Africans between 18 and...
Home Affairs hiring 10,000 IT graduates — Salary and qualification details
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed further details on his department's digitisation project, which seeks to recruit 10,000 unemployed young graduates.
The minister explained the qualifications needed to...
Tech jobs added to South Africa's critical skills list
Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has published an update to South Africa's 2022 Critical Skills List, showing which skills are in high demand in South Africa.
The list highlights the professions that qualify for South African...
Home Affairs plans to launch branches in five shopping malls
The Department of Home Affairs wants to open branches in shopping malls across South Africa and will spend over R200 million to expand its workforce to help reduce queuing at its offices.
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi...
Home Affairs gets R400 million network upgrade to end "the System is Offline"
The State IT Agency (Sita) is spending R400 million revamping Home Affairs’ whole network, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced in his budget vote speech.
Sita recently finished the procurement process and would...
Government officials splurge R1.3 billion on catering, accommodation
South Africa’s government officials, including ministers and deputy ministers, have spent over R1.3 billion on food, accommodation and entertainment over the past three years, City Press reported.
The figures were revealed in...
The system is down — Nationwide Home Affairs outage
Home Affairs' systems across South Africa are offline, the government department said on Friday.
According to its notice, the outage is due to a cable break connecting the department to the State Information Technology Agency.
Home Affairs Smart ID services coming to more banks — if big problems can be solved
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and South African banks plan to expand the availability of E-Home Affairs in the country, but it must first address several organisational issues.
More importantly, Home...
Government Printing Works website offline after hardware failure
A month-long outage of the Government Printing Works website was caused by a hardware failure, marketing and stakeholder relations chief Bonakele Mbhele has told MyBroadband.
The outage began on the weekend of 15–16 January 2022...
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Home Affairs hiring 10,000 IT graduates
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) will appoint 10,000 young IT workers to help speed up the digitisation of its paper records over the next few years.
President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned the recruitment drive during his State of the Nation address on...
South Africa's list of critically scarce tech skills
Home affairs minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, has released the 2022 Critical Skills List that shows which skills are in high demand in South Africa.
The list is an essential resource for South African businesses, as it provides them with guidance...
South Africa's list of critically scarce tech skills
Home affairs minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, has released the 2022 Critical Skills List that shows which skills are in high demand in South Africa.
The list is an essential resource for South African businesses, as it provides them with guidance...
370,000 IDs lying uncollected at Home Affairs
The Department of Home Affairs has announced that this weekend their operating hours across the country will be extended ahead of the local government elections.
The local government elections are set to take place on Monday, 1 November.
Home Affairs extends operating hours
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has approved a temporary extension of operating times by two and a half hours at front offices from 08:00 to 17:30 starting from today.
This is to enable the department to deal with the high demand for services at...