Home Affairs’ serial concessions on visa backlogs read as confessions of systemic collapse
Daily Maverick | 31.03.2026 22:11
If pride lay in the political theatre of declaring too soon the backlog of lawful migration applicants defeated, the prejudice lies in the administrative reality that follows. Immigration Directive 7 of 2026 confirms applicants remain trapped in a system that insists on compliance while conceding, yet again, its own inability to deliver fairly.
