Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will tomorrow, 08 August 2014, visit the Free State province as part of government’s outreach programme which sees various leaders interact with communities at grassroots level.

As part of the programme, Minister Gigaba will hand over unabridged birth certificates to parents of newborn babies at the Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein.

The Department of Home Affairs started issuing unabridged birth certificates for newborn babies in March 2013 on the spot and at no cost.An unabridged birth certificate is more secure and reliable as it contains, apart from information of the child, details of both parents including their ID numbers.

Later in the day, Minister Gigaba will meet members of the Free State Stakeholder Forum.

Stakeholder Forums seek to involve communities on the governance processes within the Department of Home Affairs with a view to improving and accelerating quality service delivery. To date 264 Stakeholder Forums have been established to play a coordinating role.

Members of the media are invited as follows:

Date: Friday, 08 August 2014

Venue: Pelonomi Regional Hospital,Dr. Belcher Road, Heidedal, Bloemfontein

Time: 09h30

The media will be allowed to stay on for Minister Gigaba’s opening statement at the meeting with members of the Stakeholder Forum.

For more information kindly contact Mayihlome Tshwete on 072 869 2477 or Thabo Mokgola on 071 712 9710

ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS