By Ofentse Mokae
09 November 2009
Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today that two Pinetown officials had been dismissed.
This follows after the suicide of a man whose identity document application was allegedly torn up.
Dlamini Zuma said during a surprise visit to the department's offices in Pietermaritzburg that the two officials had the right to appeal.
Twenty-two-year-old Skhumbuzo Mhlongo committed suicide after the incident in August.
A local official reportedly refused to issue the papers to Mhlongo, accusing him of being a foreigner.
At the time of his death he was looking after his four siblings in the absence of his parents.
Dlamini Zuma urged people not to resort to such drastic actions if they have problem with Home Affiars.
09 November 2009
Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today that two Pinetown officials had been dismissed.
This follows after the suicide of a man whose identity document application was allegedly torn up.
Dlamini Zuma said during a surprise visit to the department's offices in Pietermaritzburg that the two officials had the right to appeal.
Twenty-two-year-old Skhumbuzo Mhlongo committed suicide after the incident in August.
A local official reportedly refused to issue the papers to Mhlongo, accusing him of being a foreigner.
At the time of his death he was looking after his four siblings in the absence of his parents.
Dlamini Zuma urged people not to resort to such drastic actions if they have problem with Home Affiars.
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