The DA demands drastic action at Home Affairs

The DA has called for the resignation of the Minister of Home Affairs, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and her deputy amid reports of a crisis. Home Affairs has placed a national embargo on the issuing of normal passports as there are no new passports available for processing. This means a maximum of one-thousand-600 passports can be issued country-wide, against the average of sixty-thousand per day. Opposition MP Sandy Kalyan says the minister and her deputy need to step aside to make way for a coherent and effective strategy for turning Home Affairs around.