1. The Naki 2018 and Constitutional Court 2021 judgment was brought to the attention of all Provincial Managers for further communicating to local offices via WhatsApp on 23 September 2021. Print out of the WhatsApp communication is hereto attached. WhatsApp is one of the various communication channels the Civic Services Branch has established to deal with urgent matters that affect daily operations.
2. The revised Birth Registration Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) is hereto attached. Training on the new SOP took place between 17 January 2022 to 4 April 2022.
3. As indicated in response 1 above, the Home Affairs front offices have been informed as per the attached WhatsApp message and the court order is being implemented by offices as alluded to in slide 9 of the presentation made to the Portfolio Committee on 2 March 2022. Further to this, the department is in the process of drafting regulations on the registration of births and deaths with the view to align it to the court order.
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