The Department of Home Affairs announced that it has extended the validity period of legally issued visas, which expired during the lockdown period. The extension applies to short-term visas, issued for a period not longer than 90 days, which will now be valid until 30 June 2021. The validity of longer-term temporary visas (issued for a period of three months to three years) has been extended to 31 July 2021.

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Premier Alan Winde delivered the budget vote speech for the Department of the Premier today (Mon 29 March) where he set out details of how this department will lead from the front in the deployment of recovery initiatives focusing on work, safety, dignity and well-being, as well as on the response to Covid-19 in the Western Cape. The department has been allocated a budget of 1,748 billion rand of this and next year.
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation says more than 600 of its employees will lose their jobs at the end of this month. The public broadcaster says 621 employees that are set to leave the company at the end of March. The SABC says 346 employees opted for severance packages while another 275 employees were made redundant.

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