As part of plans to address cross-border crime, various law enforcement agencies are heading towards the Kosi border that separates South Africa and Mozambique.
DURBAN - The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government is taking its fight against undocumented foreign nationals to the Kosi Bay border gate on Friday.
Authorities want to curb the crime scourge reported on the border line in northern KZN.

This includes the influx of undocumented foreign nationals crossing into the country illegally, among other criminal elements.
As part of plans to address cross-border crime, various law enforcement agencies are heading towards the Kosi border that separates South Africa and Mozambique.
The operation is focused on foreign nationals who pay bribes for illegal access into South Africa, and travellers without proper documentation.
Among the criminal activities reported at this border post are vehicle theft and the smuggling of illicit goods.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli previously said that this criminal pattern dented the economy.
"We need to protect our economy, we need to protect our people."

He has indicated plans to have them deported.
"We have a serious problem now, as I’ve said, that almost all police cells are full. There is not enough space to keep these arrested undocumented foreign nationals."

The South African Police Service (SAPS), the army, Customs and border management officers form part of Friday’s operation.

As part of plans to address cross-border crime, various law enforcement agencies are heading towards the Kosi border that separates South Africa and Mozambique.
DURBAN - The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government is taking its fight against undocumented foreign nationals to the Kosi Bay border gate on Friday.
Authorities want to curb the crime scourge reported on the border line in northern KZN.

This includes the influx of undocumented foreign nationals crossing into the country illegally, among other criminal elements.
As part of plans to address cross-border crime, various law enforcement agencies are heading towards the Kosi border that separates South Africa and Mozambique.
The operation is focused on foreign nationals who pay bribes for illegal access into South Africa, and travellers without proper documentation.
Among the criminal activities reported at this border post are vehicle theft and the smuggling of illicit goods.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli previously said that this criminal pattern dented the economy.
"We need to protect our economy, we need to protect our people."

He has indicated plans to have them deported.
"We have a serious problem now, as I’ve said, that almost all police cells are full. There is not enough space to keep these arrested undocumented foreign nationals."

The South African Police Service (SAPS), the army, Customs and border management officers form part of Friday’s operation.

General Work Visa

Under the General Work Visa there are very strict requirements. The South African government, although trying to promote work and trade in South Africa, recognize the need to give South Africans the chance to obtain employment ahead of any foreigner.

You will have to prove that you are the only person who can fill that position and that no other South African can play that role. This is done by placing an advert in a national newspaper advertising the position.

A Department of Labour report would need to be obtained.

You will also need to have a job offer/contract from your future employer.

The most important part of the process is skills assessment by SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) in SA which evaluates your formal qualifications and compares them to a SA qualification. This process is mandatory and for this we would need your academic transcripts and award diplomas. Note under the regulations provision is made for the recognition of work experience in the absence of formal qualifications and this therefore makes provision recognition of prior work experience (RPL).

This is a paper based system which merely compares the foreign qualifications and arrives at an equivalent qualification in SA, and if qualified in SA then no SAQA needed.

Next your employer has to prove that you are the only person that can fill the position and no other South African can fill that role. This is done by placing an advert in a national newspaper advertising the position.

Please note the work Visa is issued in the name of the employer so the person is tied to the employer. If they change the job they will require a new work Visa.

There is some good news for people who are qualified through work experience only and they can qualify if they don’t require formal qualifications, ie SAQA.

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The short answer
Yes, but you need to get a South African birth certificate first.

The whole question
I was born to a Botswana mother and a South African father (deceased). My birth was not registered in South Africa but I hold a Botswana birth certificate that has my father's name on. Do I qualify for South African citizenship?

The long answer
This is what the law says:
A child born outside South Africa and of which at least one of the parents was a South African citizen at the time of the child's birth has a claim to South African citizenship by descent. The child's birth must, however, be registered in South Africa for the child to acquire South African citizenship.
Where a child is born to one (1) or more South African citizen parent/s but such child’s birth is never registered in accordance with the Births and Deaths Registration Act, the process that such child would need to go through in order to become a South African citizen is known as the late registration of birth process.

So, you would qualify for citizenship once you had got through the hurdle of late registration
(Of course, you will not have a valid South African ID to submit as you are going through the whole LRB process to fulfil the condition of having your birth registered here in order to qualify for citizenship by descent.)

As your South African parent is deceased, Home Affairs (DHA) would probably start off by investigating your status to check that you do have a right to South African citizenship. You would need to have your father’s South African ID to prove that he was South African and a certified copy of your Botswana birth certificate.

Once you have got the LRB done, you will need to submit documents to Home Affairs to apply for South African citizenship by descent:
But unfortunately, the LRB process is a very long-drawn-out difficult business and there is a substantial backlog of people waiting for their LRB interviews

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The Department of Home Affairs is probing allegations that mothers are selling their children's original birth certificates to foreigners after several instances came to lights where 18-year olds tried to apply for ID documents and couldn't produce their original birth certificates.
The first cases came to light in Cape Town when the manager for Home Affairs in Mitchells Plain, Shereen Meyer, mentioned it in a community meeting attended by stakeholders and residents.

Meyer, confirmed to Weekend Argus that an internal investigation was underway after the matter came to the department’s attention when several learners applying for their identity documents (IDs) in matric were unable to produce birth certificates.

“Our citizenship is not to be sold,” said Meyer firmly during the meeting, warning of the seriousness of such offences.

The Department of Home Affairs since confirmed it is investigating the claims. Siyabulela Qoza, spokesperson for the department, said they were aware of three such cases and were probing whether more instances may have occurred. He also confirmed that, from what they have seen, the incidents do not appear to be stemming from the office- referencing that there is no involvement of employees.

“We found that the mothers are selling their kids birth certificates without the knowledge of Home Affairs, especially when they come for replacements - and they get questioned.

"We do not feel comfortable that this is happening and will launch a national investigation, based on what we are able to find we will determine what will need to happen.”

South Africans have been the victims of identity fraud since the dawn of democracy when illegal immigrants tried to obtain South African ID's, birth cerficates, marriage certificates and other documents in a bid to stay in the country legally. This sometimes happened with the help of corrupt Home Affairs officials. There were instances where women were duped into marriages or discovered that they were married when their ID's were stolen or cloned. This is not only a national problem, but an international problem as was reported before when the The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned that identity fraud and theft had become the No 1 white collar crime in America.

Qoza also reassured that there are no instances where two people share one identity document.
The alleged selling of children's birth certificates has drawn fierce condemnation from public officials, including Mitchells Plain constituency head Ricardo Mackenzie, who labelled the claims “disgusting.”

“It is disgusting that mommies are doing this. What makes it even more sad, because now the children have to suffer,” he said. Mackenzie added that he would be writing to the Minister of Home Affairs to demand urgent intervention and explore steps to address the issue and prevent future occurrences.
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has also responded to the revelations. While its Metro South District office has not received official reports regarding such cases, WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond acknowledged that delays in the processing of IDs and other documentation remained a challenge for many families.

“The identity number of a learner is a compulsory field as per the National Examination System,” Hammond said. “Learners are encouraged to apply for their Identity Documents (IDs) in Grade 10. In the interim, the birth certificate number must be used.”She added that schools are urged to guide parents on how to apply for IDs through the DHA.
In instances where learners cannot obtain an ID in time for their final exams, schools can support by providing temporary photo identification and registering learners using their date of birth, along with a unique examination number.
The investigation is expected to cast a wider net in the coming weeks, as the DHA probes whether this alleged practice extends beyond the three confirmed cases.