Department of Home Affairs

1. Welkom: (Contacts / Free State); Welkom, Office Manager: Tsoakae Malebese, Section Contact Number Live Capture (IDs & Passports) 057 352 1026 Births, Marriages & Death Registration/ Re-issue 057 352 1454/ ...; Created on
2. Debate on the Department Home Affairs Budget Vote Number 5 by Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Home Affairs.: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... additional 100 trucks have been ordered. The number would be gradually increased every year until reaching 1 000. The purpose of the mobile trucks is to: Ease congestion at the DHA offices; Render ...; Created on 18 May 2023
3. Madiba funeral proceedings information call centre number: (Statements & SPEECHES); Government has established an information call centre to assist the public with any enquiries related to the proceedings of the planned events leading up to the funeral of former President ...; Created on 09 December 2013
4. The beginning of the end for Home Affairs queues as first bank branches go live under new digital partnership model: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... Verification Service, the Department is decentralising and dramatically expanding the number of secure and dignified service points available to citizens across the country. For the first time under ...; Created on 09 March 2026
5. Minister Leon Schreiber’s Statement at SIU's Media Briefing: SIU Interim Report is a Watershed for Restoring the Rule of Law at Home Affair: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... years, a total of 75 disciplinary cases have been completed, resulting in an additional 16 suspensions without pay and 22 written warnings. This work has also led to a number of referrals for criminal ...; Created on 23 February 2026
6. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - CIVIC SERVICES: (Civic Services); ... and when I received it, my parent’s ID numbers were not on the certificate. Only their dates of birth were written on the certificates. I need the certificate to be corrected. Your unabridged birth ...; Created on 23 February 2026
7. Festive Season Operation Briefing: Ministerial Address: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... festive season, there has been a marked decrease in the number of attempted illegal border crossings. This is a greatly encouraging sign, because it means that, increasingly, persons who in the past would ...; Created on 03 February 2026
8. Home Affairs sets new record by delivering over four million Smart IDs in 2025: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... increase on the 3,427,468 Smart IDs issued during 2024, which was itself a new record at the time. The 2025 performance is about 1.3 million more than the number of Smart IDs issued during the 2023 and ...; Created on 28 January 2026
9. Deputy Minister Nzuza and HONOR South Africa equip Umdlamfe Secondary School learners with new, high-tech computer lab during Back-To-School Programme: (Statements & SPEECHES); The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Njabulo Nzuza today, 22 January 2026, handed over a fully equipped computer laboratory to Umdlamfe Secondary School in Esikhawini, Richards Bay, in partnership with ...; Created on 22 January 2026
10. REMINDER: Deputy Minister Nzuza to hand over computer lab during back-to-school campaign, in partnership with Honor South Africa: (Statements & SPEECHES); The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Njabulo Nzuza, will on Thursday, 22 January 2026, hand over a fully equipped computer laboratory to Umdlamfe Secondary School in Esikhaweni, Richards Bay, as part ...; Created on 21 January 2026
11. Deputy Minister Nzuza to hand over computer lab during back-to-school campaign, in partnership with Honor South Africa: (Statements & SPEECHES); The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Njabulo Nzuza, will on Thursday, 22 January 2026, hand over a fully equipped computer laboratory to Umdlamfe Secondary School in Esikhaweni, Richards Bay, as part ...; Created on 16 January 2026
12. Home Affairs arrests seven Kenyan nationals illegally working on “refugee” applications: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... law. The operation followed after intelligence reports indicated that a number of Kenyan nationals had recently entered South Africa on tourist visas and had illegally taken up work at a centre processing ...; Created on 17 December 2025
13. Minister of Home Affairs invites public comment on the Draft Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... granting of citizenship, as opposed to basing qualification solely on the number of years a foreigner has resided in the country. This new system will operate in parallel to the existing principle that ...; Created on 12 December 2025
14. Citizenship Reinstatement FAQs: (Civic Services); ... email linked to your original profile. However, you can create a new profile using your updated email address. When you verify with the same ID number, we will move your previous profile applications, ...; Created on 08 December 2025
15. Deputy Minister Nzuza to hand over Smart ID Cards to the elderly in Krugersdorp: (Statements & SPEECHES); The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Njabulo Nzuza, will on Wednesday, 03 December 2025, hand over Smart ID Cards to the elderly at the Jack Cotton Old Age Home in Krugersdorp, Gauteng. The Deputy ...; Created on 01 December 2025
16. Home Affairs launches groundbreaking new citizenship verification portal: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... number, complete biometric verification, and, where necessary, proceed with a confirmation of reinstatement application. If citizenship remains valid, users will be notified immediately. If it was previously ...; Created on 24 November 2025
17. Factual update on the arrival of travellers from Palestine: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... their passports, as well as the fact that a number of travellers did not appear to have return tickets or addresses for their accommodation in South Africa. Importantly, as with many other countries, ...; Created on 14 November 2025
18. Are You #Travelready?: (TravelReady); ... original receipt or reference number when collecting your document. Discontinuation of Temporary Passports Click here for the Notice What is an Emergency Travel Certificate ...; Created on 13 November 2025
19. Deputy Minister Nzuza to embark on late registration of birth programme in Dannhauser Local Municipality: (Statements & SPEECHES); 09 November 2025 The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Njabulo Nzuza, will on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, embark on a High-Impact Outreach Programme in the Dannhauser Local Municipality, in KwaZulu-Natal. ...; Created on 09 November 2025
20. South Africa’s statement at the 76th Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner’s Programme (EXCOM) delivered by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Mr. Njabulo Nzuza: (Statements & SPEECHES); ... preferred durable solution. Chairperson, South Africa notes, that while the number of displacements continue to grow exponentially, funding cuts have forced humanitarian agencies to scale down on operations ...; Created on 08 October 2025