# Government plans to ask the Constitutional Court for more time to implement its ruling that removed procedural barriers to asylum applications. The court declared sections of the Refugees Act, which allowed for immigration officials to deport an asylum seeker if they are in the country without a transit visa, unconstitutional. Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration […]
# Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber says his department is developing a biometric online platform to speed up asylum applications, strengthen identity verification, and prevent rejected applicants from repeatedly submitting claims to delay their removal. The platform is expected to be operational by 10 November this year. Schreiber says the reforms would draw on […]
# Die Minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, sê haar departement volg ‘n beleid van geen verdraagsaamheid teenoor eksamenonreëlmatighede nie en het ooreenkomste met kandidate en ouers versterk om integriteit te bevorder. Die skriftelike eksamens vir die Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat van 2026 begin amptelik môre en eindig op 26 November. ‘n Eksamenhulplyn is 24-uur per […]
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê niemand moet oor oudpresident Jacob Zuma se gesondheid bespiegel of dit bespreek nie. Die leier van die MK-party ontvang behandeling by die Netcare St Anne’s-hospitaal in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Ntshavheni sê Zuma is onder die mediese sorg van die Geneesheer-generaal van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag, soos vereis […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, sê ‘n rekordgetal van 962-duisend-832 kandidate is geregistreer om die Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat-eksamens in Oktober/November 2026 af te lê. Hiervan is 815-duisend-en-51 voltydse kandidate – ‘n toename van 48-duisend-508 vergeleke met verlede jaar, terwyl 147-duisend-781 deeltydse kandidate is, insluitend diegene wat hul vorige uitslae wil verbeter. Gwarube […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube says her department has adopted a zero-tolerance approach to examination irregularities and reinforced candidate and parent pledge agreements to promote integrity. The 2026 National Senior Certificate written examinations officially commence tomorrow and end on November 26. A 24-hour examination hotline is active for members of the public to report […]
# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says everyone should not speculate about or discuss former president Jacob Zuma’s health. The MK Party leader has been receiving treatment at the Netcare St Anne’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Ntshavheni says Zuma is under the medical care of the Surgeon General of the South African National Defence Force, […]
# Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube says a record 962-thousand-832 candidates are registered to sit the October/November 2026 National Senior Certificate examinations. Of these, 815-thousand-and-51 are full-time candidates, an increase of 48-thousand-508 from last year, while 147-thousand-781 are part-time candidates, including those seeking to improve their previous results. Gwarube says the Class of 2026 is […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has welcomed the Public Protector’s achievement of 100-percent of its performance targets across all programmes during the 2025/26 financial year. The institution also received a clean audit outcome, with no material findings from the Auditor-General of South Africa. But, Committee Chairperson Xola Nqola says the committee […]
