The KZN Legislature, along with the Department of Home Affairs, visited KwaXolo Traditional Authority July 31.

The speaker of the legislature, Nontembeko Boyce, led her team to KwaXolo, where the department assisted people with their identity documents.

The legislature held a successful voter registration campaign with scores of citizens applying for their IDs to vote in the November 4 local government elections.

Inkosi Mxolisi Xolo said that the community appreciates the legislature’s intervention because when it visits ordinary members of the community, it also helps them better understand its role.

“People spend time and money going to home affairs in Port Shepstone, and when they get there, they are told that the system is offline. Furthermore, the office is unable to provide a service to everyone in the surrounding areas, including people of KwaXolo. People came out in numbers, and some slept at the tribal authority offices on Thursday because they wanted to make sure that they get help.”

According to Xolo, other government departments should also go into rural areas to provide services because it has become evident that some people cannot reach the central offices.

Boyce added that members of the legislature interacted with people in the KwaXolo Traditional Authority, who were excited and welcomed Home Affairs and the Independent Electorate Commission.

The legislature also visited Gobhela Primary in Mtwalume and Schola Amoris Special School in Umzinto, taking the same services to these communities.

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