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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 1418
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 17 April 2015
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 10 OF 2015
1418. Mrs A M Dreyer (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affair:
Does his department have a Regulatory Burden Reduction strategy in place;
if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the strategy?
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REPLY:
Yes. The Department of Home Affairs has made a commitment to streamlining
its administration of its legislation and regulations in the interest of
serving its clients efficiently and mitigating the risk of corruption.
This commitment was part of the Turnaround Strategy and is part of the
Modernisation strategy which is being implemented. Measures such as SMS
notification system for clients and re-engineering business processes have
led to large efficiency gains that have decreased the burden on business
and the public at large. The key elements of the Modernisation strategy
are reviewing policy and legislation; developing a platform of integrated
digital systems; and professionalising officials.