AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 minutes agoSouth Africa’s ETA push: Home Affairs says its new Electronic Travel Authorisation system is designed to speed up entry and flag fraud, after rejecting thousands of fraudulent applications and blocking more than 6,000 last week. Migration tensions and repatriation costs: Pretoria says it spent about R292.77m on repatriation-related costs for foreign nationals and is seeking reimbursement from Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia—but Nigeria and Ghana dispute whether they received any formal request. Xenophobia warning: President Cyril Ramaphosa told leaders at a SADC summit that South Africans are “deeply concerned and ashamed” by attacks on foreign nationals, adding that integration can’t be preached while exclusion is practised. Gautrain scare corrected: A Gauteng passenger who claimed a gunpoint robbery on the Gautrain later withdrew the allegation after CCTV showed no robbery occurred. Pretoria waste probe: Parliament heard Telkom Towers—vacant since 2024—costs R6.8m a month, while SAPS also pays nearly R40m monthly to rent other premises. Rugby travel buzz: Bulls vs All Blacks and the Springboks’ All Blacks series keep Johannesburg and Pretoria in the spotlight for fans planning trips.
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