South Africa and Lesotho are a step closer to allowing travellers to cross the border with IDs instead of passports. Here’s ...

Press Release - The Department of Home Affairs has noted with concern various unfounded media reports and social media posts suggesting that Lesotho nationals will no longer be required to present ...

Basotho who have been barred from South Africa for overstaying will be granted amnesty South Africa and Lesotho have agreed that citizens only need their national identity documents to cross the ...

The government has been called to investigate the immigration status of Solomon Ogbonna Eziko, a Nigerian national who was recently crowned as a traditional leader of the Igbo people in KuGompo City ...

The Department of Home Affairs has expressed concern over unfounded media reports and social media posts suggesting that nationals of Lesotho will no longer be required to present valid passports when ...

The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed false claims that Lesotho citizens can enter South Africa without a passport, reiterating the importance of complying with existing immigration laws.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

South Africans with green ID books can now obtain Smart IDs in minutes at 146 bank branches, reducing fraud risk and ...

Home Affairs dismisses false reports on passport-free travel for Lesotho nationals. 22 April 2026. The Department of Home ...

False social-media reports claim citizens of Lesotho may now enter the republic using only their national ID cards ...

When security guards scan the barcode on a driving licence at the boom gate of a residential complex or office park, it exposes all the data printed on the card to their systems. The barcode on the ...