Home Affairs extends operating hours ahead of elections
The Department of Home Affairs has extended weekend operations for the collection of Identity Documents (IDs) ahead of the 29 May elections.
The department says the extension is also for the facilitation of new applications and issuance of Temporary Identity Certificates.
Operational hours will be extended for five hours on Saturdays from 8am till 1pm - starting tomorrow until the 25 of May.
"The Department of Home Affairs is scheduled to open its offices for five hours a day on Saturdays from 06 April to 25 May 2024 (excluding the 27 April 2024) for ID collection services, facilitation of new applications and issuance of Temporary Identity Certificates," says Home Affairs spokesperson Siya Qoza.
"Offices will also be resolving challenges pertaining to duplicates, amendments, rectifications and dead-alive cases with the required supporting documents."
Qoza adds that ID services will also be available at all Home Affairs offices during the voter registration weekends, while mobile offices will return to deliver IDs in the remote areas where applications were handed in.
"Local offices, working with stakeholders that include councillors, will communicate the dates, times and venues of those visits. Mobile offices will be used to support the identified local offices.
"In addition, clients can now book appointments to collect their Smart ID Cards and Green barcoded ID books before visiting offices by using the Branch Appointment Booking System (BABS), which is available on the DHA Website – www.dha.gov.za through this link; BABS."
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