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Home Affairs dismisses false reports on passport-free travel for Lesotho nationals | SA News

The Department of Home Affairs has noted with concern various unfounded media reports and social media posts suggesting that Lesotho nationals will no longer be required to present valid passports when entering South Africa. 

These reports falsely claim that citizens of the Kingdom of Lesotho may now enter the Republic using only their national ID cards. No such agreement has been reached between the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho.  

Allowing entry without a valid passport would violate South Africa’s laws. Specifically, such an act would contravene section 9 of the Immigration Act of 2002, which stipulates that no person shall enter or depart from the Republic…

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