The world is facing a daunting challenge of receiving refugees who flee their countries because of, inter alia, persecution meted against them by being associated with social groups that are perceived to be against the ruling governments. As the number of refugees grows worldwide each year, South Africa has become one of the countries that receive refugees from neighbouring countries, Africa and around the world in large numbers. In an attempt to control the movement of refugees into South Africa the government has put in place laws such as the Refugees Act 103 of 1998 that would facilitate the registration of refugees and provide for a stricter immigration policy. The point of argument in this paper is that despite such attempts made by the South African government, the government seems unable to cope with the number of refugees coming into the country due to a lack of capacity in the registration of asylum seekers, which has create