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Home Affairs services temporarily unavailable

The Department of Home Affairs has announced that its services are not available at the moment.

By Fazila Olla
05-01-24 10:40
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Home Affairs Office
Minister of Home Affairs says his department is 'praised for its effectiveness'. However, we know some who think differently ... Image Credit: www.da.org.za

The Department of Home Affairs has issued an alert to citizens that its services are not available at the moment due to a technical problem on the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) mainframe which affects access to the National Population Register (NPR).

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“We have contacted SITA [State Information Technology Agency[ and have been assured that its technicians and engineers are attending to the matter. We hope that this will not take long to be resolved,” said the department in a statement.

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The department said it will provide further updates.

“The department apologises to citizens and clients for the inconvenience caused,” it said. 

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