Home Affairs extends working hours
Services that will be available will include the collection of green barcoded ID books and smart ID cards, and the issuance of temporary identity certificates.
HOME Affairs has extended its working hours in the lead up to the municipal elections on 3 August. Home Affairs offices across the country will be open on Saturday, 30 July 2016 from 8:30am to 5pm; Monday 1 August from 8.30am to 6pm; Tuesday 2 August from 8.30am to 6pm and on Election Day on Wednesday 3 August from 7am to 7pm.
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said in preparation for the elections, the department has extended working hours to assist those people who want to apply for their IDs.
Services that will be available will include the collection of green barcoded ID books and smart ID cards, and the issuance of temporary identity certificates.
“I urge citizens who have applied for ID books and smart ID cards to collect these documents from the Home Affairs offices where they had applied,” Gigaba said.
By the end of June 2016, the department had a total of 44 681 uncollected green ID books across the country, 68 669 uncollected smart ID cards and 168 950 uncollected re-issue smart ID cards.
Minister Gigaba warned that after 3 August 2016, the department will revert to the policy of destroying ID documents that have been uncollected for over a year.
Related Article
Resident’s life on hold with blocked ID
Prestondale resident shocked by Home Affairs bungle
