The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza will on Friday, 16 July 2021 assess the damages at the Home Affairs office in Eshowe which was vandalized on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 following unrests in KwaZulu-Natal.

As a result of the acts of vandalism, the office has had to close down. In this regard, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has instructed the Department to use alternative sites to register deaths to assist grieving families and funeral undertakers as some offices in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal are inaccessible. To this end, Deputy Minister Nzuza will visit the Eshowe Hospital where deaths will be registered as an interim measure.

The Deputy Minister will also join the local community in efforts to clean up the town of Eshowe.

MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ARE INVITED AS FOLLOWS: 

PART ONE: HOME AFFAIRS OFFICE WALKABOUT

Date: Friday, 16 July 2021

Time: 10h00

Venue: Eshowe Home Affairs, Eshowe Mall

PART TWO: VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL

Date: Friday, 16 July 2021

Time: 10h30

Venue: Eshowe Hospital, 40 Kangela Street, Eshowe

PART THREE: ESHOWE TOWN CLEAN UP

Date: Friday, 16 July 2021

Time: 11h00

Venue: Eshowe City Centre

For media enquiries kindly contact Thabo Mokgola on 060 962 4982 (Home Affairs) and Mkhuseli Buthelezi on083 984 2275 (Umlalazi Municipality)

ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS