The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Njabulo Nzuza and KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Mr Sihle Zikalala are scheduled to visit KwaDukuza Municipality at iLembe District to monitor service delivery following the recent floods in the Province on Friday, 06 May.
KwaDukuza Mayor Cllr Lindile Nhaca is also scheduled to join the programme.
Deputy Minister Nzuza will hand over enabling documents, including IDs, to the beneficiaries who lost their documents as a result of the floods. The Department has been working with the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government, Ethekwini Municipality and the District Municipalities of iLembe, Ugu and Umgungundlovu to help people resume their normal lives. Central to that has been the issuing of death certificates, reissuing of birth certificates and IDs that were lost as a result of the disaster. The reissuing of these documents is at no cost to the affected communities.
The eligibility criteria for this intervention includes local councillors verifying the names of people who lost their documents supplied to the Disaster Management Operations Centre. Upon approvals, the lists are forwarded to Home Affairs for processing.
“We shall not leave any qualifying person behind. As a caring government, we will continue to ensure that the people of KwaZulu-Natal are assisted in rebuilding their lives and livelihoods following this disaster. The replacement of documents is part of our various programmes we have put in place as the Department to enable our people access various relief interventions. We are also bringing our mobile offices closer to where these people are,” Deputy Minister Nzuza said.
The department will take all the necessary steps to ensure corruption is avoided during the intervention.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
1. Visit to Stanger
Date: Friday, 06 May 2022
Time: 8H00
Venue: Lindelani Hall, Stanger
2. Visit to Ntuzuma
Date: Friday, 06 May 2022
Time: 10h00
Venue: Ntuzuma F Hall
3. Visit to Marrianhill
Date: Friday, 06 May 2022
Time: 12h00
Venue: Tshelimnyama Stadium, Marrianhill
Enquiries: Siya Qoza 082 898 1657 or Thabo Mokgola 060 962 4982.
