The Department of Home Affairs will be operating during the lockdown but at a limited capacity.
Spokesperson for Home Affairs, Siya Qoza said in a statement that all their offices will open from 10am to 2pm, on weekdays, except for offices located at Thusong centres.
The limited services offered:
- Issuing of temporary identity certificates
- Issuing of death certificates and
- Re-issuing of birth certificates.
Qoza thanked Home Affairs officials ‘who had continued to serve the nation with diligence and high morale during this difficult time of coronavirus’. “Home Affairs urges all South African communities to be safe and to stay at home in support of the national effort to combat the spread of this deadly pandemic.”
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