In view of the case in 2018 where Lawyers for Human Rights took his department to court to force them to issue a birth certificate to an abandoned child after which the Pretoria High Court ordered his department to issue a birth certificate to the child, what is the process for abandoned babies without proof of birth to receive a birth certificate or notice of birth?
A notice of birth can be submitted by a social worker within 60 days of obtaining a court order in terms of section 156 of the Children’s Act and must be accompanied by the following:
- A court order issued by the Children’s court
- A certified copy of identity/valid passport or permit of the social worker
- A certified copy of the identity document or passport ...
Regarding the letter informing the National Assembly that he has not issued any Certificates of Naturalisation for 2022, as contemplated in the South African Citizenship Act, Act 88 of 1995, what (a) are the reasons that no certificates of naturalisation were issued and (b) is the (i) current backlog of naturalisation applications and (ii) backlog of naturalisation certificates to be signed by him?
(a) The letter submitted to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces relates to Section 5(9) of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995, which requires the Minister of Home Affairs to within 14 days after the commencement of the sitting of Parliament in each year, to table in Parliament the names of any person ...
Whether the report on the installation of cameras at the offices of his department for the purpose of safety and security has been completed after the stipulated six months set by the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs in November 2021 following the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021; if not, by what date is it envisaged that the report will be completed; if so, by what date will it be submitted to the committee secretary of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs?
The Honourable Member will recall that the Department did on 22 February 2022 brief the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs regarding the Department’s implementation report in respect of the Budget Review and Recommendations Report 2021/22 of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. Your attention is drawn to item 6.2.5 of the Department’s implementation report (Annexure A) which I tabled on 5 February ...
With regard to the briefing on the Crime Statistics reporting 7 555 persons were murdered in the three months of reporting and the huge problem added by the high number of undocumented foreign nationals that are hard to trace after having committed of a crime, what measures has his department put in place to address the growing number of undocumented foreign nationals, considering that his department is responsible for managing borders and making sure all foreign nationals within the Republic are documented?
The BMA has trained and deployed Border Guards to various segments of the land border law enforcement areas and Ports of Entry. Their key responsibilities, amongst others, is to detect and prevent illegal persons from entering the country. Illegal foreign nationals who are apprehended in the border law enforcement area are handed over to Immigration Services who do verification of their nationality. Once the ...
Whether, with regard to the official opening of a Home Affairs office at Menlyn Park Shopping Centre on 6 March 2023, wherein he stated that, if successful, the plan is to roll out similar offices at Cresta Shopping Centre in Johannesburg, then to The Pavilion Shopping Centre in eThekwini and Tyger Valley Shopping Centre in Cape Town, his department intends to open such offices in (a) smaller shopping centres such as N1 City in Cape Town to take advantage of lower costs for rental of the floor space and (b) the rural areas such as Ulundi Shopping Centre in KwaZulu-Natal to service the rural communities; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
a) The Department will consider opening offices in Malls in accordance with its Access Model and Footprint Development Strategy and take advantage of lower costs for rental or where rent is free like in Menlyn Mall, where we got a five year rent free agreement.
b) The current DHA office in Ulundi is located next to the shopping centre but our rural communities strategy ...
(a) What are the reasons that there is no queue to assist the elderly and disabled at the Home Affairs office located in Main Road, Somerset West in the Western Cape and (b) has he found that the security guards at the entrance have been sufficiently trained to deal with the public?
(a) The elderly, frail, pregnant mothers, mothers with babies and learners in school uniform are always identified from the queue by the staff and brought in front on the queue.
(b) Yes, the service provider trains all guards deployed in our offices and the office managers are also instructed to brief the guards regularly on how to interact with clients.
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Whether, given that a number of questions have already been asked about the Home Affairs office in Main Road, Somerset West in the Western Cape and despite the various assurances he had given, the problems at the specified office remain unresolved, the full staff complement has now been deployed to work in the specified office; if not, why not; if so, (a) what total number of vacancies are there at present and (b) how does his department intend to fill the specified vacancies?
a) The office has 18 funded posts and 17 of them are filled and there’s only one vacancy.
b) The post was advertised, interviews were conducted on 1 March 2023 and it is envisaged to fill the post w.e.f 1 April 2023.
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What are the details of the (a) problems his department’s offices are experiencing with the ID system that is allegedly compromised, resulting in lengthy delays, and (b) steps that are being taken to resolve it?
a) The Department’s IT systems are not compromised but there has been instances during power failure or load-shedding where applications captured in offices do not automatically replicate in the central database, thus requiring the IT team to do manual replication which results in delays in the issuance of the documents.
b) The IT team is working on an alternative routing of the interfaces to ...
(1)What are the details of the (a) destination and (b) total costs for (i) accommodation, (ii) travel and (iii) any other costs incurred for international travel of each (aa) Minister and (bb) Deputy Minister of his department since 1 June 2019;
(2) what is the total cost incurred for domestic air travel for each (a) Minister and (b) Deputy Minister of his department since 1 June 2019?
(1) (a) (aa) Minister
For the details of the destination and total costs related to my international travel for the period 1 June 2019 to 28 February 2023, please see annexure A. Please note I did not undertake any international trips in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years.
(1) (a) (bb) Deputy Minister
For the details of the destination ...
Whether he will furnish Mr A C Roos with a list of the offices of his department with (a)(i) faulty and/or broken (aa) unlimited power supply (UPS) and (bb) generator systems and (ii) by what date the systems will be repaired and (b)(i) non-functional (aa) generator and (bb) UPS system and (ii) by what date emergency power supply systems will be installed in each of the offices?
Honourable Roos is referred to my response to Parliamentary Question No:31 which answers all of the above.
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