EKURHULENI – Minister of Home Affairs Naledi Pandor visited suburban communities in Ekurhuleni as part of the ANC Suburban Task Team programme.
The Minister has made an appeal to members of the public who have applied for temporary ID documents as well as Smart ID cards to collect their uncollected cards at the designated Home Affairs offices across the metro. Mr Moses Makwakwa, Regional Chairman of the ANC, advised people who have lost their ID documents that they will not be able to Vote on May 7.
For this reason and to support voters Home Affairs have increased their office hours and also prioritised issuance of first time ID’s. Since the roll-out of the Smart ID cards in February 2014 a total of 100 000 smart ID cards applications have been received and processed. In this regard and of the 100 000 smart ID cards processed only 58 715 have been collected with 41 285 uncollected smart ID’s in Home Affairs offices around the country.
Minister Pandor said, “We encourage those who have not collected their IDs to do so as a priority. Similarly we advise all citizens who have applied for the new Smart ID cards to visit offices of application to collect them.”
Neil Diamond of the ANC Suburban Task Team thanked the minister for visiting Ekurhuleni and informed the community that it only takes 10 days to process an ID with the new application and delivery system. “We can give support to ensure all registered voters have valid ID documents on May 7,” Diamond concluded.
