Question NW1677 to the Minister of Home Affairs

van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Home Affairs

(1)Whether, with regard to the Naki 2018 judgment and the 2021 Constitutional Court judgment on the rights of unmarried fathers to register the births of their children in the absence of the mother, and noting that the Deputy Director-General (DDG) of Civic Service reported to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on 2 March 2022 that his department had sent communication to local offices informing them of the Naki 2018 and Constitutional Court 2021 judgments, he will furnish Ms L L van der Merwe with a copy of the letter sent to local offices, in which his department communicated the judgments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether, with reference to the report by the DDG of Civic Service in his department to the Portfolio on Social Development on 2 March 2022, that his department had revised their Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in line with the Naki 2018 and Constitutional Court 2021 court judgments, and that his department had already begun training officials in KwaZulu-Natal using the revised SOP, he will furnish Ms L L van der Merwe with a copy of the revised SOP; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether, with regard to the report of the DDG of Civic Service who reported to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on 2 March 2022, that the directive explaining the above judgments for officials was not yet finalised but would be soon, it has since been finalised; if not, (a) why not and (b) on what date will it be (i) finalised and (ii) sent to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and all local offices; if so, will he furnish Ms L L van der Merwe with a copy of the final directive?