Andrew Stegmann

Kenya announces visa on arrival for all Africans

Nairobi – Kenya’s newly sworn-in president has announced that all Africans will be able to obtain a visa on arrival at a port of entry as he seeks to improve continental ties.

President Uhuru Kenyatta spoke to a cheering crowd of tens of thousands at his inauguration, which ends months of political turmoil that included a nullified election and a repeat vote.

 A growing number of African nations are making moves toward easing travel restrictions for people across the continent.

Kenyatta also is urging Kenya’s people to reject hate and divisiveness after the election unrest that left dozens of people dead.

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Andrew Stegmann

The Department of Home Affairs Visa Application Center Holiday Season Closing Dates 2017

VFS will be closed on certain days during the Holiday Season.

2017/2018 Holiday Season closures

  • VFS final day of submissions for 2017: 20 December
  • Only collections will remain open: 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 December
  • Collection timings: 08h00 to 14h00
  • Christmas and Boxing Day (25 and 26 December): Closed
  • New Year’s Day (1 January 2018): Closed
  • VFS Closed: 2 January 2018
  • VFS to reopen for submissions: 3 January 2018

For more information, visit: http://www.vfsglobal.com/dha/southafrica/important-information.html

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Relocation Africa is a Proud Member of The British Chamber of Business in South Africa

The British Chamber of Business in South Africa is a British Chambers of Commerce accredited Chamber, part of the Overseas Business Networks initiative, a key program of the British government that intends to stimulate and strengthen international business networks and UK exports.

The Chamber’s main objective is promoting trade and commercial relations between the South Africa and the United Kingdom. The Chamber collaborates with other business groupings, and fosters strong ties with the British Chambers of Commerce and regional counterparts.

Membership is drawn from a broad spectrum of British, SA, and international businesses with a common interest in developing business in either region.

Benefits of membership include regular Chamber events, as well as other networking events including receptions and product launches. Benefits also involve access to macro-economic reports, security reports, sector insights, seminars, newsletters, and advertising opportunities, as well as briefings by British High Commission, and SA parliamentary reports relevant to members.

Relocation Africa has been a proud member of the British Chamber for over two years, and the insights we gain by maintaining the membership assist us in ensuring that we are up-to-date with what is happening in our industry, and can best satisfy our clients’ needs.

For more information about the Chamber, visit http://www.britcham.co.za, and for more information about membership benefits, click here.

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Andrew Stegmann

Zimbabwe: Where To From Here?

Written by Quintin Coetzee

After a tense few days, Robert Mugabe has resigned from his role as Zimbabwe’s President.

Earlier this month, after the dismissal of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwean army stationed vehicles around Harare, the country’s capital, placing Mugabe under house arrest. It is thought that the dismissal was the result of Mugabe’s wife, Grace, lobbying her husband, in order to take over the country and fuel her own political ambitions.

Zimbabweans wondering how the political crisis, brought to a head by decades of economic decline, would end, had their questions answered on Tuesday, 21 November, with the formal resignation of Mugabe, who, along with his ZANU-PF party, has been in power for the past 29 years.

Now that the army has intervened in the power struggle, and chosen the political path going forward, Emmerson Mnangagwa will take over as the country’s President.

In 1980, Mnangagwa was appointed by Canaan Banana, Zimbabwe’s first President, as the country’s first Minister of State Security. Since then, he has held the positions of Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Minister of Finance, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Minister of Rural Housing and Social Amenities, Minister of Defence, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Vice President, and Leader of the ZANU–PF party.

He is to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new president on Friday, 24 November, according to the country’s Speaker of Parliament. This comes after the ruling party notified him of its nomination of Mnangagwa to replace Mugabe until the end of the term of office next year. General elections are scheduled to be held in Zimbabwe in 2018, and are likely to take place sometime between 23 July and 21 August.

Zimbabwe currently has an unemployment rate of 95%, the highest in the world. With many believing that Mnangagwa and Mugabe are cut from the same cloth, whether the economic situation in Zimbabwe is set to improve remains uncertain.

Mugabe’s letter of resignation can be read here.

For information about how Relocation Africa can assist you with moving into or out of Zimbabwe, or between other African countries, email marketing@relocationafrica.com.

 

Image source: Zimbabwe HOPE TV [1]. Sources: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].