Help Find Missing Girl

PRESS STATEMENT 17 year-old Congolese girl missing in Parow On Thursday the 16th February around 7:00 am, Benedict Ngindu Siku left her house for Windermere High School, heading for the Parow train station.  When his daughter did not return that … Continue reading

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Latest List of ZDP Work Permits from Bellville

Below is the most recent list of new ZDP permits – from February 14th 2012. These permits are ready for collection at Bellville Home Affairs. The list is organised in alphabetical order. If your name is not on this list, … Continue reading

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January List of ZDP Work Permits

Below is the latest list of new ZDP permits. It is a comprehensive list for 2012 (including the latest list from Jan 29th, as well as from Jan 20th and Jan 4th). These permits are ready for collection at Bellville … Continue reading

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Press Statement: PASSOP welcomes sentencing of the men convicted of murdering lesbian

Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PASSOP welcomes the sentencing to 18 years in prison of the men found guilty of murdering lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana. The court in Khayelitsha has sent a strong message by finding that the men who killed … Continue reading

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Press Statement: Board Member Ronnie Kasrils and Amina Frense to celebrate marriage at PASSOP office

Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Members of the media invited) Comrades Ronnie Kasrils and Amina Frense will be signing the marriage register at the Wynberg Home Affairs office at 10 am tomorrow on Thursday the 2nd of February. They have through their lives … Continue reading

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Press Statement: Asylum seeker beaten by security guards at Refugee Reception Center and denied right to lay charges by Maitland Police Station

Press Statement For Immediate Release PASSOP shocked that Maitland police station refused to allow assaulted asylum seeker his right to lay charges against Home Affairs security guards. We were extremely concerned to observe the assault of Zimbabwean asylum-seeker Mr Lucky … Continue reading

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Press Release: PASSOP pleased with low rejection rate of ZDP permits

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PASSOP is happy with the high percentage of Zimbabwean ‘ZDP’ permits approved and the Department of Home Affairs undertaking to extend this special dispensation to other SADC countries We are content that the majority of … Continue reading

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PASSOP supports Minister Dlamini-Zuma’s AU bid

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PASSOP supports Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s AU bid We would like to add our voice in support of Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s bid to be elected chairperson of the African Union (AU). We encourage other civil society … Continue reading

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PASSOP Watch Newsletter: Nov-Dec Issue

Please click here to view the latest issue of PASSOP Watch, our monthly newsletter. This issue includes stories on a recent protest march on international immigrants day, an outbreak of xenophobia in North West province, the worrying cabinet decision to review the right to work … Continue reading

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Letter of Acknowledgement to Western Cape Home Affairs’ hard work on ZDP

LETTER OF APPRECIATION OF THE DILLIGENCE AND INTEGRITY DISPLAYED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS OFFICIALS WORKING ON THE ZIMBABWE DISPENSATION PROJECT AT BELLVILLE HOME AFFAIRS OFFICE We write this letter to express our sincere appreciation of the manner in which your … Continue reading

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