Diplomatic Inside In a historic development, South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has announced that over 1.4 million naturalised citizens and permanent residents will, for the first time, be eligible to apply for Smart ID cards and use the eHomeAffairs platform. The announcement was made...

By Thobile Jiwulane For the first time since South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, the leading African National Congress (ANC) will be contesting elections without its longtime and trusted political ally, the South African Communist Party (SACP) next year – one of the most...