By Lungile Ntimba
The Home Affairs Department will open its offices on Saturdays for five hours a day, from 21 September to 12 October, to support matriculants in preparing for their exams.
The initiative would only prioritise matriculants and learners who needed temporary identity certificates, ID collection and application services, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said on Friday.
“This initiative is specifically aimed to enable matriculants to write their exams, which is the first step towards economic empowerment of young people. We encourage matriculants who are waiting on their IDs, along with their parents, to make their way to the nearest Home Affairs or where they applied,” Schreiber said in a statement.
“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.”
Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza will visit the Orlando Home Affairs office in Soweto on Saturday to support the initiative.
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