Author: Molaole Montsho

The SA Department of Home Affairs has created a one-stop-shop for businesses that wish to apply for visas to employ foreign nationals as part of its visa reform programme. Announcing the development on Tuesday, the department said the one-stop shop gives effect to the recommendations of its visa reform initiative. The one-stop-shop, the Trusted Employer Scheme (TES), was created to streamline the visa regime and the speedy processing of visa applications. The TES was launched last year on 11 October  2023. To qualify for membership, an employer, investor, or business needs to demonstrate that it has the financial strength to…

A suspected illegal miner was shot and wounded during a shoutout with the Johannesburg metro police in Primrose, Germiston on the East Rand. Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) spokesperson Superintendent Xolani Fihla said officers responded to reports about motorists robbed by armed individuals near the Crown interchange at the M1 in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning during a traffic jam. Officers followed up on a complaint and established that armed illegal miners – better known as “Zama Zamas” – were robbing motorists at the intersection of Main Reef Road and Shamrock Street. “As the officers arrived at the given location, they…