Johannesburg – The Department of Home Affairs has announced that its offices will be open on Saturdays for five hours a day.
Siya Qoza, the spokesperson for the department, said from tomorrow, 6 April 2024 to 25 May 2024, the offices will be open on Saturdays for ID collection services, facilitation of new applications, and issuance of Temporary Identity Certificates.
The offices will open from 08:00 to 13:00.
“Offices will also be resolving challenges pertaining to duplicates, amendments, rectifications, and dead-alive cases with the required supporting documents,” said Qoza.
However, Qoza said the home affairs offices would remain closed on Saturday 27 April 2024, Freedom Day.
Mobile offices are also scheduled to return to deliver IDs in the remote areas, where they took applications from.
“Local offices, working with stakeholders that include councillors, will communicate the dates, times, and venues of those visits,” Qoza said.
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.
Alternatively, clients can simply visit Home Affairs offices without making a booking.
Commenting on the opening of offices on Saturdays Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza said: “We invite people who have applied for their IDs, particularly young people who are first-time applicants, to come to our offices to collect their documents.
“This initiative gives people more options to collect their enabling documents.
“We encourage clients who have applied for identification documents and have received their SMS notifications, to seize this opportunity by visiting their Home Affairs office to collect these critical documents.”
