NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2400
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 20 September 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 31 of 2013
Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
Whether it costs R10,00 to use her Departmentâs SMS service to check oneâs
marital status; if so, (a) what are the reasons for charging the specified
amount and (b) who benefits from the payment?
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REPLY:
No. It costs R1,00 to utilise the Department of Home Affairsâ SMS service
to check oneâs marital status as well as any other status enquiries.
a) The reason for this cost is that the R1,00 covers the costs for the
SMS enquiry and the return message sent from the Department.
b) As stated in (a) above, the payment covers the costs of the SMS
services which include the utilisation of infrastructure and
professional services supported by the State Information Technology
Agency (SITA) and its service provider.