The system cuts immigration control procedures down to just 15 seconds and removes the need for people to have their passports stamped. Passengers in Dubai have become the first in the UAE to trial a technology which is expected to replace immigration officers by 2020. Announced at Gitex last year, the system uses face recognition..
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NEW TECHNOLOGY:- Face-scanning tunnel expected to replace immigration officers is trialed in Dubai
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Now this could be the worst discrimination case ever, Brownies and Downies coffee shop faces chop after owner banned from SA
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Brownies and Downies, a coffee shop situated in the heart of Cape Town, is under threat of closing down after one of the owners, Dutch social worker Wendy Vermeulen, has been banned from entering the country for five years by the Department of Home Affairs. The coffee shop made headlines in the past for training..
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Thousands of expats head to the polls to make their mark – Nearly 30 000 South Africans living abroad cast their votes on Saturday!
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Twenty-five years to the day when South Africans voted in the first democratic elections, voting in the sixth national elections got underway at 7 am on Saturday 27 April 2019 at South Africa’s high commissions, embassies and consulates-general around the world. Overseas voting continued for almost 24 hours as voting stations opened and then closed..
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This article is just for the ladies, do you think of working abroad? Here are the top ten countries for women to pursue a career
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This is where you should go if you’ve been dreaming about living full-time outside South Africa for a few years. InterNations, the world’s largest network for people who live and work abroad, surveyed close to 7 000 female expats living in 168 countries in its annual survey Expat Insider survey. The results reveal significant insights..
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Travelling for South Africans to the UK just got easier, and it’s down to Brexit
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Brexit simply wasn’t a word four years ago. Now, it’s the only word we hear coming from the shores of Blighty. Britain’s decision to exit the European Union has been both maligned and celebrated in equal measure, but very few people are happy with the way things are going. Their departure from the EU has..
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How many overseas voters will take part, and where they’re voting from for the 2019 Elections
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A record number of overseas voters have applied to vote in the 2019 Elections. Here’s where they are all from, with some surprises thrown in. The 2019 Elections are just around the corner, and the thrill of the democratic process is gripping South Africa. But you don’t have to be in this country to make..
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Many people in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KZN say they are selling their homes so they can emigrate
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While estimated selling in order to semigrate has subsided sharply in recent quarters, the trend towards selling in order to emigrate has increased.
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