DA calls on Home Affairs to reopen services
4 February 2021
The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, to reopen identity document, retention of citizenship, passport and marriage services.
It is simply not fair that services to which citizens have a constitutional right are denied because Home Affairs has failed to explore all available options.
The opening and closing of selected Home Affairs services at different stages of lockdown is the lazy option and has to be replaced with resilient solutions.
The DA's Angel Khanyile MP recently called for the opening of eHomeAffairs to allow applications through this channel that drives no additional traffic to Home Affairs offices. No rational reason was provided by the Minister as to why this service remains closed and it should be reopened to allow for ID and Passport applications without delay.