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Spouses and Children: Nandutu and Rayment, Two Branches Grown from Dawood
How Nandutu and Rayment let foreign spouses and parents of South African children change status and work in-country.
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South African immigration & administrative law — visas, permanent residence, and case notes, from a candidate attorney in Cape Town.
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After Unlawful Detention: The Rahim Damages Claim, and a Case a Chinese Party Lost
Rahim makes detention in an undesignated place unlawful and claimable; Li shows how refusing to acknowledge a notice forfeits every defence.
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How Long Can They Hold You? The s 34(1) Constitutional Challenge and the 90-Day Cap
How the Constitutional Court struck down s 34(1)(b) and (d) and later wrote transitional rules capping immigration detention at 90 days.
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Two Major Shifts of 2025-2026: Citizenship No Longer Automatically Lost, and the Asylum Threshold Provisions Collapse
The DA, Scalabrini and Irankunda judgments reshape citizenship loss and asylum access, closing a twelve-part case-law series.
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Children Born in South Africa: Birth Registration, Citizenship by Descent, and Naturalisation on Reaching Majority
Ali, Chisuse, Centre for Child Law and Cirangashane trace the road from a child's birth registration to South African citizenship.
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A Work Visa Is Not a Licence to Open a Shop: The Right of Foreigners to Work and Trade
Weng, Watchenuka and Somali Association mark the line between employment, self-employment and a foreigner's right to trade.