Use alternative sites to register deaths

Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has instructed the department to use alternative sites to register deaths to assist grieving families and funeral undertakers as some offices in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal are inaccessible owing to the unrest.

The department has identified health facilities that have Home Affairs offices as sites to be used for death registration.

People needing to register deaths in the two provinces can consider the following health facilities:

Gauteng
• Alexandra Community Health Centre
• Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
• Carletonville Hospital
• Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
• Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital
• Dr George Mukhari Hospital
• Edenvale Hospital
• Kalafong Hospital
• Mamelodi Day Hospital
• Sebokeng Hospital
• Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital
• Thembisa Hospital
• Rahima Moosa Hospital
• Leratong Hospital
• Far East Rand Hospital

During level four of the lockdown, the department is offering the following services:

• Registration of birth
• Reissue of birth certificates
• Late birth registration of birth for learners only on an appointment basis
• Registration of death
• Issuance of temporary identity certificates
• Application for smart ID card and green ID book (For first-time applicants only)
• Collection of smart ID cards and green ID books for all categories
• Passports applications: Passports for individuals who need to take up employment or studies abroad on submission of an offer of employment or proof of admission to an institution of learning, to attend funerals (on submission of a death certificate).
• Passport collections; Only the above categories and applicants who can prove that they made prior travelling arrangements before June 16, 2021
• Registration of marriages on an appointment basis: Re-issue of marriage certificates upon registration of death of a spouse
• Citizenship: retention and renunciation
• Bank applications are limited to first-time applicants for smart ID cards and passport applications, which meet the criteria.

Home Affairs offices are open between 8:00 and 15:30, Monday to Friday.

Everyone who visits a Home Affairs office is reminded to observe all Covid-19 health protocols, such as social distancing, wearing a mask properly and regularly washing or sanitising their hands.