Alternative sites to offer death registrations due to unrest

Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has instructed his department to use alternative sites to register deaths, as some offices were inaccessible due to the recent violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

Home affairs spokesperson Siya Qoza said the department had identified the below health facilities to offer services for death registrations in Tshwane:

– Kalafong hospital (Atteridgeville)

– Dr George Mukhari hospital (Ga-Rankuwa)

– Mamelodi day hospital

He said during level 4 of the lockdown, the department was offering the following services:

– Registration of birth

– Reissue of birth certificates

– Late birth registration of birth for learners only on appointment basis

– Registration of death

– Issuance of temporary identity certificates

– Application for smart ID card and green ID book (for first-time applicants only)

– Collection of smart ID cards and green ID books for all categories

– Passport applications

– Passports for individuals who need to take up employment or studies abroad on submission of an offer of employment or proof of admission to an institution of learning

– Attend funerals: on submission of a death certificate

– Passport collections

– Only the above categories and applicants who can prove that they made prior travelling arrangements before 16 June 2021

– Registration of marriages on appointment basis

– Re-issue of marriage certificates upon registration of death of a spouse

– Citizenship: retention and renunciation

– Bank applications are limited to first-time applicants for smart ID cards and passport applications that meet the criteria

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