Thank you very much Chair. On behalf of the DA, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the Department of Home Affairs in Lydenburg is in utter shambles;
2) further notes that since the building which houses the department was declared unsafe a year ago due to the collapse of the roof, service has gone from bad to worse with residents being subjected to disgraceful service delivery;
3) also notes that since the evacuation of this building, services for more than 38 000 residents have been rendered from a mobile truck;
4) recognises that applicants applying for identity documents and passports are forced to stand and wait in the sun due to a lack of seating and shade;
5) further recognises that a local journalist went to apply for an unabridged marriage certificate but after sitting in a queue for more than four hours had to leave without any assistance or an application form;
6) also recognises that no toilet facilities are available, with people urinating against containers and toddlers defecating on the ground, coupled with staff that are rude and who refuse to be of any assistance to the public;
7) condemns the conditions of this department and its services; and
8) calls on the Mpumalanga provincial government to intervene.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.