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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA's visa chaos worsening skills shortage and putting big investments at risk

    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...
  2. Jan

    Home Affairs minister says load-shedding cost them 6,268 working hours last quarter across all branches

    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...
  3. Jan

    E-Home Affairs bank branches as of November 2022

    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...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    The real story of SA's missing R432-million biometrics database

    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...
  5. Jan

    Home Affairs advertising app developer positions

    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"...
  6. Jan

    Home Affairs fires chief director responsible for IT

    "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...
  7. Jan

    Home Affairs publishes first job listings for hiring 10,000 young graduates

    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...
  8. Jan

    Home Affairs delays hiring 10,000 IT and informatics graduates

    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...
  9. Jan

    South Africa updates critical skills list - August 2022

    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...
  10. Jan

    Home Affairs to open branches in malls

    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...
  11. Jan

    Home Affairs bringing in IT experts from bank to fix its systems

    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...
  12. Jan

    Government departments blew R1.3 billion on food and lodgings in three years

    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...
  13. Jan

    Nationwide Home Affairs system downtime

    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.
  14. Jan

    Home Affairs bank smart ID services expansion plans

    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...
  15. Jan

    Government Printing Works website offline after hardware failure

    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...
  16. Jan

    Home Affairs wants 10,000 young IT graduates to speed up records digitisation - from 60 years to 3 years

    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...
  17. Jan

    Critical Skills List updated - the tech skills South Africa is looking for

    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...
  18. Jan

    Critical Skills List updated - the tech skills South Africa is looking for

    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...
  19. Jan

    Home Affairs extending business hours of smart ID branches this weekend

    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.
  20. Jan

    Minister extends Home Affairs operating hours

    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...
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