Home Affairs rejects claims court ruling legalises foreign nationals

Meanwhile, tensions remained high outside the Department of Home Affairs’ Refugee Reception Centre in Durban on Wednesday, where March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma called on the Constitutional Court to reconsider and overturn its decision on the matter.

The Home Affairs Department has issued a statement on Wednesday calling false the claims that the Constitutional Court judgment of 7 July 2026 in the Scalabrini of Cape Town matter grants asylum seekers citizenship or that the judgment provides blanket legalisation of foreign nationals.“Despite it being public knowledge that this case was vigorously opposed by the department and that it led to a binding ruling of the Constitutional Court, nefarious actors have launched a large-scale disinformation campaign targeting the Minister of Home Affairs and other officials,” the department said, disputing what it says are claims that the department had decided to suspend good cause interviews at the behest of the Minister, the Department, or political parties.