Home Affairs branches open during voter registration weekend

The Department of Home Affairs has announced that its branches will also be open over the weekend between 8am and 5pm to coincide with the registration hours.

This will allow voters who have not yet collected their IDs to collect them and those who may have lost their ID to apply for a temporary ID certificate in order to register.

The Department this week announced that there were over 220,000 smart ID cards ready for collection at its branches around the country. Enquiries regarding ID documents can be made to the Home Affairs Call Centre on 0800 60 11 90 and those who have applied for an ID can check the status of their application by SMSing their ID number to 32551.