By Justin Adams - DA Abroad Chairperson - United Kingdom The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the outsourcing of passport application services for South Africans in the UK. South Africans in the UK can now lodge passport applications through VFS Global and will be able to hold interviews in ... Read more about DA pressure improves passport application services for South Africans abroad
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Judgment reserved in the DA Abroad’s court case to bring justice to citizens unfairly stripped of citizenship
By Adrian Roos MP (DA Deputy Shadow Minister of Home Affairs) and Dr Rory Jubber (DA Abroad Leader) The DA yesterday presented its arguments to the High Court on behalf of thousands of South Africans who lost their citizenship without their knowledge. The DA is taking the Department of Home ... Read more about Judgment reserved in the DA Abroad’s court case to bring justice to citizens unfairly stripped of citizenship
DA One Step Closer To Justice For South Africans Unfairly Stripped of their citizenship
By Adrian Roos MP (DA Deputy Shadow Minister of Home Affairs) and Dr Rory Jubber (DA Abroad Leader) The DA will be one step closer to justice for South Africans who were unfairly stripped of their citizenship when the Gauteng Division of the High Court hears our case against the Department of ... Read more about DA One Step Closer To Justice For South Africans Unfairly Stripped of their citizenship
DA, in collaboration with SAPeople, to petition Home Affairs Minister to resolve passport renewal crisis abroad
By Dr Rory Jubber (DA Abroad Leader) and Adrian Roos MP (DA Deputy Shadow Minister of Home Affairs) A residency permit crisis looms for South Africans living abroad as some have started to get orders to leave due to expired passports. South Africans living, working and studying abroad wait six ... Read more about DA, in collaboration with SAPeople, to petition Home Affairs Minister to resolve passport renewal crisis abroad
Protect Your Property Rights
Fellow South African, Even if you no longer live in SA, we urge you to help us protect fundamental property rights for your friends and family in your home country. The US Secretary of State has also spoken out this week about this impending disaster, saying that changing the Constitution to ... Read more about Protect Your Property Rights
Sign our petition for a capable Home Affairs abroad
A six to twelve month wait for critical documents like passports and ID books is unacceptable! The Department of Home Affairs and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation are failing on their joint responsibility to ensure South Africans living overseas get their passports, IDs ... Read more about Sign our petition for a capable Home Affairs abroad
Severe delays in issuing documents a service delivery failure at South African missions abroad
By Francine Higham - DA Abroad Leader On Tuesday the Democratic Alliance's (DA) Shadow Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Darren Bergman, together with the DA Abroad UK Committee Chairperson, Justin Adams and Committee Member, Rory Jubber, conducted an oversight visit to the ... Read more about Severe delays in issuing documents a service delivery failure at South African missions abroad
DA Abroad calls on South Africans abroad to assist with our “Loss of Citizenship” court challenge
Last year the Democratic Alliance launched an application in the Johannesburg High Court to challenge section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 (the Act) which we deem to be unconstitutional. The government’s response was that the many hundreds of South Africans who are losing ... Read more about DA Abroad calls on South Africans abroad to assist with our “Loss of Citizenship” court challenge
2019 DA Abroad National Organising Committee and Country Representative Nomination Forms
As per the schedule previously published on the 15 June 2019, we are excited to announce that the nominations, for first stage of the DA Abroad 2019 Internal Elections, namely the National Organising Committees and Country Representatives, have opened today, 23rd June 2019. Below you will find ... Read more about 2019 DA Abroad National Organising Committee and Country Representative Nomination Forms
2019 Elections: South Africans abroad continue to support the DA, but voting challenges persist
By Francine Higham, DA Abroad Leader With the results of the 2019 General Election now confirmed we are pleased to announce that 74.45% of South Africans who cast their vote abroad on the 27 April, voted for the DA. Thank you to every single voter abroad who travelled great distances to ... Read more about 2019 Elections: South Africans abroad continue to support the DA, but voting challenges persist