The Home Affairs Department is getting involved in the registration of spaza shops and will determine if the foreign nationals’ permits allow them to run a business in the country.spaza shops owners had 21 days in which to register their businessesThe department’s Acting Head of Immigration, Albert Matsaung says they issue 17 permits which have conditions for foreign nationals.
“From Home Affairs side, in line with the Immigration Act, we have got 17 permits that we are issuing. We have got permits that are classified as temporary and then we have another category of permanent residence. So, those two are the permits that we are issuing. Each and every permit that is issued by the department of Home Affairs has got specifics in terms of what the holder of that permit can do, where, and for how long. So our permits are linked to what the person came into the country for, for how long is the person supposed to be in here and for what purpose. Those are the kinds of permits that are issued by us as a department,” adds Matsaung.
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