HOME Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the department will assist citizens who lost their Identity Documents during the recent natural disasters to apply for temporary documents to enable them to vote. Those that have been affected will not be required to pay any fees to re-apply for any IDs lost during natural disasters as the department has decided to waiver their fees to enable them to vote.

Gigaba said some residents have already expressed their concern about losing their Identity Documents, and are concerned they might not be able to vote in next week’s Local Government Elections.

“The department waived all the fees applicable for those victims affected by the fires and floods so that they could be provided with enabling documents that were lost and destroyed. This means that all those people who were victims of fire and floods will be able to re-apply for their new Identity Documents without having to pay the applicable fees of R140,” he said.