No rush at Home Affairs

WHEN I went to Home Affairs in Richards Bay, the gentleman there would not accept the certified copy of my permanent residence and told me to get a new one.

I filled in all the forms and handed them in at Empangeni to save on the travelling.

I had all the case numbers and paid R200, the receipt of which I still have.

I phoned Pretoria to check the progress, but was told by the lady who answered my call, ‘When I have cleared the 5 000 applications on my desk, I will then do yours.’

A lady faxed all the forms through to Pretoria again for me, my file is still at Empangeni and there has been not one phone call or contact since.

On 27 September it will be five years and still I wait.

PENSIONER