NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1202
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 24 May 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 17 of 2013
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
On what specific grounds has her Departmentâs office in Brandvlei in
Randfontein been closed?
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REPLY:
The Department of Home Affairsâ office in Brandvlei in Randfontein was
situated in the Brandvlei Thusong Service Centre, along with other
Government Departments such as Social Development, Labour, Land Affairs and
Human Settlements.
On 16 April 2010, the Brandvlei community embarked on protest action and as
a result of the protest action, the Brandvlei Thusong Service Centre was
burnt down. The Department of Home Affairs stopped rendering services on
this date from this centre as it still remains in its burned down state to
date.
The Department then, after 16 April 2010, rendered services to the
Brandvlei community once a week through a mobile office. However, due to
poor response from the community, services are now rendered with a mobile
office upon request from the community.