The Department of
Home Affairs has thanked all South African citizens who went to their offices
to apply for Identity Document over the weekend.
The Department had
all its offices opened throughout the weekend to assist applicants with their
applications and that was done to speed up voter registration for the
Independent Electoral Commission’s voter registration.
Departments`
Director General Ronnine Mamoepa said their entire Home Affairs front office
staff compliment was on duty to deliver services to the public. mobile units
were utilised to reach out to citizens particularly in areas where the
department does not have a footprint
Mamoepa added that on
both Saturday and Sunday, Minister Pandor and Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan
visited and lend support to Home Affairs operations in the Free State , Western Cape and Gauteng provinces
including paying house visits to deliver IDs in some instances.
“The services we
provided included the issuing of uncollected IDs both in our offices including
paying visits to the homes of some applicants to deliver these enabling
documents,” Mamoepa said.
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