The Department of Home Affairs says it is pleased with how the voter registration weekend went, especially at its offices which saw the extension of operating hours.
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than 33 500 people in its offices and 105 mobile units that were deployed in
the first two days of the service delivery blitz were assisted during the Voter
Registration Weekend.
In a
statement, Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Njabulo Nzuza, says the majority of
people (more than 25 700), visited offices on Saturday,and nearly 7 900 visited
during the two additional operating hours from 16:00 to 18:00 on Friday.
‘’The
overwhelming public response led to two offices and four mobile units operating
beyond 17:00 in the Eastern Cape. One office in the Western Cape operated
beyond the closing time while there were three offices and two mobile units
that did the same in Mpumalanga. In Gauteng, four offices operated beyond 17:00
while one office did in KwaZulu-Natal.’’
Nzuza
says over the past two days, nearly 23 400 people came to collect their IDs.
Another 9 100, mostly first-time applicants, came to apply for IDs. More than
920 people applied for and received their Temporary Identification Certificates
on the spot.
He
added that there were 148 people who were referred by the Independent Electoral
Commission to Home Affairs to update their status on the Voters’ Roll. People
who came to collect their passports were also assisted.
“We
continue to encourage first-time applicants to come and collect their
documents. Home Affairs takes up to 13 working days to deliver an ID from the
day of application. Therefore, if it has been more than two weeks since you
applied, please come back and collect your ID,” said Deputy Minister Mr Njabulo
Nzuza.
‘’The
Department has set up dedicated queues for collection in offices that have space
for such, to make the collection process faster,’’ he added.
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By: Mitchum George
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