Questions and Replies

Reply:

The Minister has engaged with municipal structures on matters of migration and will do so on a continuous basis.

Joint and special operations to combat illegal migration are planned and conducted by law enforcement agencies at national, provincial and local level through inter-governmental security structures. All metro municipalities are represented in local security, provincial and national structures such as the Provincial Joint Operational Structures (PROVJOINTS) and the National structure (NATJOINTS).

 

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Reply:

The Department is in the process of re-allocating personnel to critical front line service delivery areas, relevant to Civic services. To this extent, front line service delivery areas are envisaged to be capacitated by an additional 349 personnel (on a permanent and temporarily basis, subject to the availability of funds), by 31 March 2020.

Within the Immigration services environment too, the Department is looking at the possibility of deploying additional personnel to identified Missions abroad, within the current financial year.

 

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Reply:

Department of Home Affairs

1. (aa) For financial year 2016/17 – R 1,449,947.84

(bb) Financial year 2017/18 – R 6,833,958.28

(cc) Financial year 2018/19 – R 3,380,574.43

(2) (a) The department total expenditure incurred R 3,095,535.24

(i) Financial year (2016/17)

YFM – R 50,997.33

Financial year (2017/18)

Power FM – R86,564.00

YFM – R 507,542.82

TisoBlackstar - R 37,121.00

Financial year (2018/19)

TisoBackstar R557,706.99

(ii) Financial year (2016/17)

None

Financial year (2017/18)

Airport screens – R 255,018.00

Stadium advertising – R 570,000.00

Financial year (2018/19)

Airport screens – R 449,650.00

Digital Screens in major routes across the country – R 172,500.00

Stadium advertising – R 494,999.10

(c) None.

Government Printing Works

(1) (a) (ii) (aa) none

(a) (ii) (bb) none

(a) (ii) (cc) none

(2) (b) (i) none

(b) (ii) none

(c) (aa) none

(c) (bb) none

(c) (cc) none

Electoral Commission

(1)(a) The amount spent in each of the financial years is as follows:

		(aa)	(bb)	(cc)
		2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
		36 531 210.99	75 840 626.44	45 418 600.53

(2)(b)(i)		2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
	BANZOGENIX	-	-	2 400.00
	EASTERN CAPE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM	71 941.89	138 161.04	4 500.00
	GIJIMA PRINTERS	-	-	20 374.50
	IZETHEMBISO ZENKOSI TRADING ENTERPRISE	-	-	1 995.00
	MADIBA PROMOTIONS	-	-	21 355.50
	MMABATHO FM 107.7 MHZ	-	1 998.00	3 996.00
	SIPHUMELELE LIYA TRADING	-	2 240.00	1 944.00
	SIX FINGAZ MEDIA	-	-	8 974 970.03
	TUBATSE PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY RADIO	-	-	4 200.00
	ALMEBYTE T/A DARKSTAR	579 315.38	10 748 872.67	-
	EMERGING SEARCH CONSULTANTS	-	45 000.00	-
	KARMA COMMUNITY PROJECTS	-	27 360.00	-
	LEKOA MULTI-MEDIA COMMUNICATION DE	-	24 000.00	-
	MANTUNTU TRADING ENTERPRISE	-	2 976.00	-
	MAPUTALAND COMMUNITY RADIO	-	6 000.00	-
	PHELI FM	-	10 000.00	-
	RADIO 786	8 000.00	-	-
	THAMZO TRADING	-	5 180.00	-
	WATERBERG WELFARE SOCIETY	-	4 810.80	-
	ZEBEDIELA COMMUNITY RADIO	-	7 990.00	-
	RADIO KC	8 000.00	-	-
	SIBABALWE PROMOTIONS AND EVENTS	112 450.00	-	-
	THE MEDIA SHOP	34 138 762.96	-	-
	THE PHONEBOOK COMPANY	5 210.53	-	-
	TOTAL ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE	34 923 680.76	11 024 588.51	9 035 735.03

		2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
(2)(b)(ii)		2 311 077.91	10 062 873.02	6 463 353.48

(2)(c)		2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
	ALMEBYTE T/A DARKSTAR		2 397 835.04
	SIX FINGAZ MEDIA			59 202.00
	THE MEDIA SHOP	2 311 078.00
		2 311 078.00	2 397 835.04	59 202.00

 

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Reply:

1. Yes, the requirement to present compulsory budget baseline reduction scenarios is set out in the MTEF Technical Guidelines 2020 issued by National Treasury in June 2019. In addition, the CFO presented the compulsory budget baseline reduction scenarios at the Departmental priority setting workshop held on 13 and 14 August 2019.

2. It is logical that when there are budget cuts, it will impact on the capacity to certain services.

(3)(a-b) Budget cuts will have a negative impact on the filling of some posts, but we are not envisioning closure of any Home Affairs office.

 

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Reply:

No, the Department has no formal bilateral agreement/s with transit route countries and countries of destination on application of the first country of asylum principle. As an international practice, any person may request asylum in any country outside his/her own country. The first country principle as practiced in international law requires that:

(i) an asylum seeker should have been recognised in that first country of asylum as a refugee and he or she can still avail himself or herself of that protection; or

(ii) he or she otherwise enjoys sufficient protection in that country, including benefiting from the principle of non-refoulement.

(a-b) No, the Department will not consider such decision, because management of asylum and refugees in South Africa is centred on the cardinal principle of non-refoulement; and inclusion before exclusion, at the core of which is the 1951 UN Convention and its 1967 Protocol. This means that South Africa has an international obligation to receive asylum applicants who may have transited a number of countries before arrival in South Africa.

Furthermore, South Africa will in terms of Section 2 (a) – (b) of the Refugee Act, Act No. 130 of 1998, not return such applicants to a country where:

(i) they may be subjected to persecution on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group; and or

(ii) their life, physical safety or freedom would be threatened on account of external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or other events seriously disturbing or disrupting public order in either part or the whole of that country.

 

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Reply:

1. Yes, the requirement to present compulsory budget baseline reduction scenarios is set out in the MTEF Technical Guidelines 2020 issued by National Treasury in June 2019. In addition, the CFO presented the compulsory budget baseline reduction scenarios at the Departmental priority setting workshop held on 13 and 14 August 2019.

2. It is logical that when there are budget cuts, it will impact on the capacity to certain services.

(3)(a-b) Budget cuts will have a negative impact on the filling of some posts, but we are not envisioning closure of any Home Affairs office.

 

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Reply:

(a-b) From available information a total of 1 068 227 Visitors Visas were issued in South African Missions abroad from 2017 to June 2019 as follows.

Year	2017	2018	2019
Number of Visas	451 855	403 164	213 208

A breakdown of the number of Visitors Visas issued by each South African Mission abroad for the respective years is attached as Annexure A. The data for the following countries are being verified for correctness and accuracy hence it is not on the list attached:

Country	Mission
Algeria	Algiers
Burundi	Bujumbura
Fiji	Suva
Finland	Helsinki
Japan	Tokyo
Madagascar	Antanarivo
Country	Mission
Mauritius	Port Louis
Morocco	Rabat
Netherlands	The Hague
Singapore	Singapore
Spain	Madrid
Sri Lanka	Colombo
Sudan	Juba
Sudan	Khartoum
Switzerland	Berne
Thailand	Bangkok
Tunisia	Tunis
Ukraine	Kiev
Vietnam	Hanoi

(c) The general processing period for the Visitor’s Visas is five (5) Working days.

(d) Where the Mission experiences high volumes and staffing challenges the Department deploys additional staff to support on a short term basis subject to availability of funds.

(e) The turnaround times are maintained and the Department is currently introducing the eVisa which is at testing phase.

(f) The eVisa will be piloted in October 2019 and depending on the results of the pilot, the eVisa should be operational in the 2020/2021. financial year.

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Reply:

a) The total number of mobile units in the country is 155 (hundred and fifty five). The number is made up of both the old 114 (hundred and fourteen) mobile units procured between 2005 and 2007 and the new 41 (forty one) mobile units procured between 2017 and 2019 respectively.

b) The total number of functional mobile units in the department is 100 (one hundred). The one hundred comprises of the old 59 (fifty nine) and new 41 (forty one) units. A total of 55 (fifty five) old mobile units are mechanically and economically irreparable, and as such, are earmarked for disposal.

c) The department's mobile units are utilised to complement the existing footprint. The units cover the deep rural and hard to reach areas where the department does not have sufficient coverage in all nine provinces.

d) All mobile units are strategically deployed to cover all rural and hard to reach areas in all 9 (nine) provinces in the republic.

e) The department did not repair any of the mobile units with mechanical problems as those 55 (fifty five) units had reached their end of life term and were economically irreparable. The distribution plan for the 100 (one hundred) units is as follows:

Eastern Cape 14, Free State 9, Gauteng 9, Kwa Zulu Natal 14, Limpopo 12, Mpumalanga 10, Northern Cape 10, North West 9 and Western Cape 10, Special Projects 3.

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Reply:

a) (i) The total number of asylum seekers registered on the Departmental system with an active section 22 permit waiting an interview with the RSDO for more than 30 days but less than 90 days is 516.

(ii) The total number of asylum seekers with an active section 22 permit awaiting an interview with the RSDO for more than 90 days is 2503.

b) The average waiting time for current asylum seeker applications is 30 days or less for an interview. It must be noted the Department can only provide accurate information on the average waiting period for cases registered on the National Immigration Information System (NISS) as from 1 January 2018 due to the enhancements done on the NIIS at that time.

 

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Reply:

The table below indicates the main reasons for cases granted asylum from the mentioned countries as recorded on the National Immigration Information System (NIIS): -

Country	Reasons for granting
A) Bangladesh	Political persecution. Conflict between the ruling party and the various political parties.
b) Pakistan	Political instability on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Religious grounds, Ahmadiyya group not recognised by the Pakistani Government. Clashes between Sunni and Shia. Tribal conflict between the Taliban and smaller Islamic groups.
c) India	Religious clashes between Hindu and Muslim.
d) Malawi	Political reasons, conflict between the ruling party MCP and the oppositional party UDF.
e) Ghana	Inter-tribal clashes. Female genitalia mutilation. Forced Marriages.
f) Kenya	Political Instability (aftermath of 2007/08 elections). Persecution on grounds of sexual orientation (LGBTI). Persecution of the banned Mungiki ethnic group.
g) Mozambique	Although these cases are reflected on NIIS, the claims could not be confirmed. One case has already been withdrawn by the Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs and the other two have been inactive since 2011 and 2012 respectively. Their claims will be related to the old refugee processes. The Department is currently in a process of closing these files.
h) Tanzania	Family joining with spouse (from a different nationality) who is already a recognized refugee. Albino victimization. Conflict between Zanzibar and Tanzania.
i) Zambia	Family joining with spouse (from a different nationality) who is already a recognized refugee. Political Reasons.
j) Thailand	No applications were granted asylum.

Note: According to the NIIS only a total of 1 322 cases were granted asylum (Refugee Status) from the countries indicated above.

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Reply:

(a) (i) the annual multilateral engagements that may be attended at Ministerial or Deputy Ministerial level are:

• African Union (AU) Summit
• Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) Ministerial Conference
• SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) meeting on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation
• Executive Committee meeting of the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees’ (UNHCR) Programme

(ii) annual or biannual bilateral meetings with the neighbouring counterparts

(iii) bilateral meetings with other international counterparts and other multilateral meetings are attended if relevant to the mandate of Home Affairs

(iv) international workshops, seminars, conferences, etc will be attended if relevant to the mandate of Home Affairs

AU Summit

(b) (i) Ethiopia

(ii) Dates to be announced by the AU

(iii) Migration related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

 

MIDSA Ministerial Conference

(i) SADC member state – rotational basis

(ii) Dates to be announced by the IOM and hosting country

(iii) Migration related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

SADC MCO

(i) SADC member state – rotational basis

(ii) Dates to be announced by SADC Secretariat and hosting country

(iii) Migration and civics related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

 

UNHCR EXCOM

(i) Switzerland

(ii) Dates to be announced by the UNHCR

(iii) Asylum seeker and refugee related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

All other engagements as listed above

(i) Bilaterals take place in host’s country and for remaining engagements, the host will announce.

(ii) To be announced by hosts

(iii) Migration and / or civics related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

(c) Costs cannot be pre – determined as dependent on duration of engagement, available flights, accommodation and ground transport, size of delegation, etc.

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Reply:

(a)    Total amount budgeted for the private office of the Minister for the 2019/20 financial year as on 1 April 2019:

	2019/20 FY (1 APRIL 2019)
	R'000
Minister’s Compensation of Employees (CoE)	2 529
Minister’s Office CoE	10 725
Ministry Goods and Services	9 536
Grand Total	22 790

(b)(i)    Total remuneration Ministry budget for 2019/20 = R13, 254 million (R2, 529 million + R10, 725 million).

(b)(ii-v) The table below details employees appointed since I took office in May 2019.

(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)	(b)(iv)	(b)(v)
TOTAL ANNUAL REMUNERATION	SALARY LEVEL	POST JOB TITLE DESCRIPTION	QUALIFICATION	JOB DESCRIPTION
R1 189 338 PER ANNUM PLUS R7035.00 PER MONTH ROLE-PLAYING ALLOWANCE	14	CHIEF OF STAFF: MINISTRY	POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE)	Annexure A
R1 035 450 PER ANNUM	13	PARLIAMENTARY AND CABINET SUPPORT	B EDUCATION	Annexure B
R936 177 PER ANNUM	11	CABINET AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICER	B ADMINISTRATION	Annexure C
R178 965 PER ANNUM PLUS R1600.00 PER MONTH ROLE-PLAYING ALLOWANCE	5	DRIVER/MESSENGER	SENIOR CERTIFICATE	Annexure D

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Reply:

a) The Department adopted a multi-channel strategy in order to meet the service delivery needs of the citizens. This includes physical offices, mobile units and online services. The Department also has partnerships with the Department of Health for registration of birth in the hospitals. In the Eastern Cape rural areas, the Department has a total of 43 offices of which 15 are modernised to issue Smart ID cards and new passports. Over and above the 43 offices, the Department has service points in 37 health facilities for registration of birth and death located in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape. The mobile units serve as a complementary channel not as the main channel.

b) The mobile units are not operating nationwide, not just in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape. The reason for halting of the mobile units programmes is that, with the old mobile fleet being over seven (7) years on the roads, and about 54 of the units being economically irreparable, the Department is in the process of refurbishing the existing 61 trucks, and has procured additional 38 trucks to add to the total fleet. The Mobile solution was designed and tested during 2018/19 financial year and declared successful after testing and the units are used for outreach programmes while awaiting the contract for uninterruptable network solution to be finalised. The mobile units will be deployed in the hard to reach areas across the country; including the Eastern Cape once the modernisation process is concluded.

c) As indicated above, mobile units are in the process of being modernised and refurbished, and will be deployed once they are ready. However, the population of Eastern Cape has 59 physical offices located in various parts of the province to service the needs of population.

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Reply:

a) The turnaround time for applications abroad is up to six (6) months as the Department (DHA) has a co-dependency on involvement of third parties, i.e. Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) for receipt inland and dispatching abroad of government documents including passport applications, through diplomatic bags which in itself is a controlled procedure that DIRCO administrates for all Government Departments.

The application process is thereby manual and non-automated, and entails the verification of citizenship which is a separately managed process and over and above, the fingerprint verification process should also transpire which may result in further delays, should the application be rejected due to the poor quality of fingerprints taken abroad.

In order to address the situation, the responsible support and line function units of DHA and DIRCO: Consular Services have created a stakeholder forum to find efficient solutions and redress the situation. This entails specific officials being assigned to receive lists of outstanding applications and then to liaise with the line function officials for processing and feedback to the Diplomatic Missions abroad.

b) The Department is looking into a permanent solution through its Modernisation Programme to ensure that applications made abroad or domestically can be captured and transferred electronically. This would substantially reduce dependency on manual, time consuming processes presently being applied.

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Reply:

(a) Due to budget cuts, the Department has not been in a position to fill vacant posts. The Department is, however, in the process of prioritising the filling of critical positions, which when filled, will aid in the reduction of interaction volumes in the Contact Centre.

The implementation of the modernisation strategies at both Front and Back Offices will further reduce Contact Centre volumes, thereby improving efficiency.

To ensure that the current resources are utilised efficiently, the Department reviewed the performance standards and introduced performance measures that will guarantee that production time is utilised optimally. Coupled with this, we enhanced the Contact Centre systems to allow visibility into staff daily activities. This assists management to better manage productivity.

To further increase accessibility to the public, the Contact Centre operates on a shift system, with the working hours being 07h30 to 17h30 on week days and 08h00 to 12h00 on Saturdays.

b) A comprehensive assessment was done by SITA in the last financial year and produced a new network architecture and implementation plan which will provide a fully redundant and high availability network throughout the DHA footprint. DHA has also rolled out power generators in modernised offices to provide alternative power supply during outages or load shedding.

c) The Department is addressing the issuing of identity documents on weekends through its various heads of offices that on voluntary basis, arrange with communities to open offices on weekends as well as during holidays. However, this is not sustainable and as it depends on the volunteerism.

The Department engaged organised labour on working hours at the Departmental Bargaining Chamber with a view to ensure service delivery is not affected and that our offices open on weekends. Work performance over weekends however requires payment of overtime as the staff is not prepared to work ‘voluntarily’ after completing their 40-hour work week, i.e. Mondays to Fridays.

In order to normalise the environment and to ensure our offices open on Saturdays or weekends, the Department is to re-open negotiations with organised labour as well as the Department of Public Service Administration (DPSA), to allow work on weekends through the introduction of a shift system or alternatively performance of remunerated overtime. This will assist clients who find themselves not able to visit DHA offices during the week, to access services on weekends. However due to the current financial constraints in the Department, it is currently not feasible to pay for the performance of remunerated overtime over weekends.

The Department will however explore possibilities of using alternative channels for collection of enabling documents over weekends.

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Reply:

(a) The date for the re-opening of the CTRRO is dependent on the finalisation of the lease agreement with the prospective landlord and the related project plan for refurbishment.

(b)(i) Department of Public Works (DPW) and Department of Home Affairs (DHA) have signed the lease contract, awaiting same concurrence with the prospective landlord.

(b)(ii) DPW procurement requirements in acquiring office accommodation have caused DHA to miss the court deadline.

(b)(iii) The concurrence of the prospective landlord on the agreement and the development of the project plan for new office accommodation.

(b)(iv) Applicants who are dependants of existing clients are allowed to apply Cape Town, whilst rest of new applicants are encouraged to apply as they enter the Republic in Refugee Offices closer to northern ports of entries as majority of applicants enter through those ports.

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Reply:

1. Currently there are 389 574 uncollected ID documents.

2. Yes, the ID’s are being destroyed by the Department, if the client was issued with a new ID or the client is deceased.

3. Currently ± 15 000 ID documents are distributed per day.

4. Not Satisfactory. The Department has dedicated counters for collection however clients delay to collect their ID documents after receiving the SMS notification.

5. Yes, there are delays in the collections of ID documents. Clients are not collecting their ID documents immediately after they receive the SMS notification that the ID document is ready for collection.

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Reply:

(1) Cruise liners that are visiting our shores are an important revenue generator and contributor to economy of the country in general and the relevant Provinces in particular. It is for this reason that the designated maritime ports that deals with passenger liners are well prepared to facilitate passengers. The facilitation of passengers commenced with a joint planning session way in advance as soon as notification or a schedule is received from shipping agents. The planning session comprises of all the relevant border law enforcement entities that include immigration; customs; policing; agricultural, plant and animal inspections as well as port health. The planning sessions culminate in a comprehensive operational plan that is discussed with the shipping agent to ensure that all movements are efficient and seamless. In the event where passenger liners arrive with large number of visitors, additional Immigration staff are deployed for the period of clearance in order to ensure that processing of travellers are speedily done. It should be noted that not all eight maritime ports are designated for passenger clearance.

(2) (a) The following maritime ports are designated to clear passengers:

i. Richardsbay Port of Entry

ii. Durban Port of Entry

iii. East London Port of Entry

iv. Port Elizabeth Port of Entry

v. Cape Town Harbour

(b) The remaining Maritime Ports of Entry do not provide passenger clearance services as it has been designated for either crew changes or bulk goods and include the following:

i. Mosselbay

ii. Port of Ngqura

iii. Saldanhabay

(3) (a) All ports designated for passenger clearance either have permanent staff or services are provided from ports or Home Affairs offices where permanent staff is based. Advanced planning and engagements are done when services are needed.

(b) Permanent staff will be appointed when funding becomes available for the filling of posts.

(c) The timeframes and deadlines are unknown considering the current austerity measures implemented by National Treasury.

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Reply:

(a)(i) Between 2015 and 2019, a total of 84 fraudulent marriage related cases involving officials alleged to have been involved in marrying citizens to foreign nationals were reported to the Counter Corruption Unit.

(a)(ii) 9 of these cases are currently being investigated internally.

(a)(iii) 59 cases have been resolved.

(b) 16 cases have been referred for disciplinary proceedings.

(c) The Department has a Counter Corruption & Security Branch responsible for fraud and corruption prevention and eradication. Moreover, in terms of the Departments’ Information Security Policy, all users responsible for capturing and registering marriages on the National Population Register system within the domain of the organisation, are assigned with biometric fingerprint authentication, to hold users liable for fraudulent activities detected and information stored digitally, at any point in the Department systems.

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Reply:

(1) Yes, conveyance fines are issued to airlines where such contraventions occur.

(2)(a-b) The breakdown of the fines, from highest to lowest, is contained in the table below:

Conveyor	Value of fines issued 50(3) for 2017/18	Value of fines issued 2016/17
EMIRATES AIRLINE	6 960 000,00	2 670 000,00
SAA	4 440 000,00	2 160 000,00
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE	4 095 000,00	1 665 000,00
KENYA AIRLINE	2 340 000,00	390 000
BRITISH AIRWAYS	1 350 000,00	975 000
QATAR AIRLINE	1 335 000,00	435 000
RWANDA AIRLINE	1 215 000,00	225 000
ETIHAD AIRLINE	825 000,00	285 000

Further detail in respect of the fines cannot be provided due to current challenges with the revenue management reconciliation mechanism. The Department is engaging the National Treasury with a view to implement improved measures, systems and revenue management (reconciliation) mechanism.

(3) No arrangements have been made with regards to the “arrears” as fines are not regarded as debt. National Treasury indicated in a letter dated 15 May 2018 that fines are not regarded as debt or revenue due to the Department since it is not money outstanding in respect of products or services rendered.

(4) No.

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Reply:

Ward 79800043 in question is Meadowlands residential area, within the City of Johannesburg municipality district, Gauteng Province.

a) Yes, the Department has four (4) offices, namely the Dobsonville, Orlando, Roodepoort and Maponya Mall offices, which are all within a radius of 10 km of Ward 79800043 in Gauteng and are servicing the residents thereof. In line with the current geographical access norms, the travel distance to a Home Affairs office in Gauteng is 25km. The population in question is therefore covered in terms of the Department’s norms and standards.

b) No.

(i) Contact details of the offices are provided below for ease of reference:

Name of the Office	Adress	Office Manager	Services rendered	Contact Details
Soweto	11902 Kumalo Main Rd & Armitage St, Orlando West, Soweto, 1804	Pearl Poto	Smart Cards, Passports, Births, marriages and deaths	0119365666 072 610 0562
Dobsonville	Luthuli St, Dobsonville, Johannesburg, 1863	Pearl Poto	Births, marriages and deaths only.	0119365666 072 610 0562
Roodepoort	127 Albertina Sisulu Rd, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, 1724	Lingile Afrika	Smart Cards, Passports, Births, marriages and deaths	011 279 7300 072 611 7091
Maponya Mall	Shop 368,Chris Hani Road,Maponya Mall, SOWETO	Ruth Nthathe	Smart Cards, Passports, Births, marriages and deaths	072 919 9586 011 938 3296

(ii) The Orlando office is closest to serve residents of this ward as it is within a radius of 4 km and covers both the eastern and western side of Meadowlands. Dobsonville Home Affairs office is approximately 4 to 5km away and Maponya Mall office is approximately 7 Km away. The distance from Roodepoort Home Affairs office to the mentioned ward is at the most 10km.

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Reply:

The Department has a Branch, Counter Corruption & Security Services which is mandated to prevent and combat fraud and corruption as well as to promote organisational integrity within the DHA. Because people who commit fraud and corruption are motivated by a number of things, the Prevention Unit of the Branch undertakes awareness interventions aimed at educating officials about fraud, corruption and the negative consequences thereof through awareness initiatives that also promote ethical behaviour.

At the same time, wrongdoing needs to be addressed hence reported allegations of fraud and corruption involving officials are investigated. Once the allegations have been proved to be true through investigations, the matter is referred to Labour Relations for instituting of disciplinary against implicated officials. Line function managers are informed of methods used to commit fraud and corruption that are uncovered during investigation so that these can be addressed.

The Unit also undertakes the following proactive measures in its fight against fraud and corruption by officials:

• Evaluation of Departmental processes in order to identify gaps that may contribute to fraud and corruption. Recommendations thereof are then sent to the relevant Branches for implementation, i.e. close the gaps.

• Two processes are earmarked for the current financial year, Ports of Entry as well as Passports.
• Vetting investigation of officials in order to determine their security competence in relation to the grading of their posts.
• Threat and Risk Assessments are undertaken in line with the Minimum Physical Security Standards as well Minimum Information Security Standards. This is to ensure that our facilities and document management are in compliance with prescripts. Recommendations from these exercises are referred to the relevant office managers for implementation.

The Department also launched Operation Bvisa Masina (Weeding out the rot), which is a collaboration with other Law Enforcement Agencies in fighting fraud and prevention. During the previous financial year, 17 officials and 12 non-officials were arrested as a result of this Operation.

The Department is also working at integrating its systems as the non-integrated systems have been flagged as contributing factors to fraud and corruption.

 

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Reply:

1. There is no person whose asylum application was rejected due to fraudulent documents was ever arrested in each of the past five years. In terms of Section 24 (3) of the Refugees Act 1998 (Act 108 of 1998) the Refugee Status Determination Officer (RSDO) must at the conclusion of the hearing either grant asylum, or reject the application as manifestly unfounded, abusive or fraudulent or reject such application as unfounded.

Section 1(xi) of the Refugees Act 1998 defines a fraudulent application for asylum as meaning an application for asylum based without reasonable cause on facts, information, documents or representations which the applicant knows to be false and which facts, information, documents or representations are intended to materially affect the outcome of the application.

Therefore decisions are taken on the basis of the adjudication of the asylum claim which may contain documents which the applicant knows to be false and which documents are intended to materially affect the outcome of the application. Fraudulent decisions like manifestly unfounded or abusive are referred to Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs (SCRA) for automatically review. In the event such decision are upheld by SCRA, such applicant is then referred to Inspectorate for deportation.

2. It must be noted that any of the specified persons are finally rejected by SCRA, they are still at liberty to approach the courts for a judicial review if they so wish to do so.

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Reply:

a) In order to address long queues, the department has partnered with several stakeholders including, Government Communication and Information Services (GCIS) wherein causes of long queues were identified and the following strategies are to be implemented:

• Continue to increase the footprint through e-channel, mobile offices, roll-out additional modernised offices to ultimately phase out the manual process, come up with kiosk counters (in future) and lastly consider a booking system at local offices.
• re-open negotiations with organised labour as well as DPSA to allow the department to work on Saturdays through the introduction of a shift system as this will assist in reducing queues as most clients found themselves not able to visit DHA offices during the week.
• Engage with SITA and other role-players to continue with the stabilization of the IT system. In addition, the department will improve system functionality through the introduction of an “offline” mode facility which will continue rendering services to clients even if the system is offline and
• the department is in the process of prioritising filling of critical positions even though the department has not been in a position to fill vacant posts due to budget cuts.

b) The department is on a journey to modernise all the back end legacy systems and automate all front end processes to issue vital documents. To date the department has automated front end processes of issuing IDs, Passports, Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates. The system development programme is ongoing and back end legacy systems are still to be completed to ensure full integration rather than the current multiple interfaces which are not ideal and causes intermittent downtimes.

The network infrastructure in which all the DHA systems run on is provided for by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and is often a cause of system downtime. A comprehensive assessment was done by SITA in the last financial year and produced a new network architecture and implementation plan which will provide a fully redundant and high availability network throughout the DHA footprint.

(c) The department has been mandated by Cabinet to establish the Border Management Authority (BMA) as a strategic intervention aimed at circumventing the challenges which prevail in the border environment that enable illegal migrants access into the country. As Parliament is aware, the BMA Bill is presently in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The intention is to fast-track this Bill for finalisation in 2019.

In the short-term, the BMA Project Management Office (PMO) in the Department of Home Affairs is responsible for the coordination and management of organs of state in the border environment. In this regard 17 Directors-General/Accounting Officers have signed a Multi-Party Agreement on Enhanced Border Coordination.

 

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Reply:

a) The total number of cases processed per year for the past 10 years (First instance adjudication):

Year	Total
2009	157 204
2010	77 071
2011	43 953
2012	63 228
2013	68 241
2014	75 733
2015	60 640
2016	41 241
2017	27 980
2018	18 104

b) The cases granted for the past 10 years per country according to the Departmental system is as below:

Country	Total
Somalia	36512
DRC	25953
Ethiopia	18022
Congo	4859
Zimbabwe	3432
Burundi	2774
Angola	2365
Eritrea	2096
Rwanda	1416
Bangladesh	563
Uganda	443
Cameroon	368
Kenya	143
Sudan	134
Zambia	69
Liberia	51
Syria	47
Palestine	41
Ivory Coast	37
Tanzania	32
Pakistan	28
Sierra Leone	19
Sri Lanka	15
Iraq	15
Russia	13
Togo	12
Nigeria	11
Ghana	11
Solomon Islands	10
Malawi	9
Swaziland	7
Central African Republic	7
Ukraine	7
Turkey	6
Egypt	6
Mali	6
India	6
Afghanistan	5
Other	5
Morocco	4
Estonia	4
Namibia	4
Yemen	3
Mozambique	3
Bulgaria	3
Myanmar (Burma)	3
Lebanon	3
Niger	3
Iran	3
Seychelles	3
China	2
Macau	2
Bahamas	2
Jordan	2
Gabon	2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
Comoros	2
Benin	2
Lesotho	2
Kyrgyzstan	1
Guinea Bissau	1
East Timor	1
Poland	1
Colombia	1
Brazil	1
Senegal	1
Chad	1
Oman	1
Algeria	1
Djibouti	1
Sweden	1
Cambodia	1
Libya	1
Principality of Andorra	1
Grand Total	99624

(c) As at 31 December 2018 there were 3 534 cases still to be processed by the Refugee Status Determination Officers.

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Reply:

a) The total number of active asylum seekers (section 22 permit valid) as at 31 December 2018 is 184 976.

(b) They are from the following countries:

Countries	Total
Ethiopia	50135
DRC	34754
Bangladesh	27243
Zimbabwe	14861
Pakistan	9383
Congo	8626
Nigeria	6781
Burundi	6425
Uganda	4461
India	4267
Somalia	4152
Malawi	2175
Ghana	2032
Cameroon	1767
Kenya	1081
Rwanda	1015
Eritrea	978
Senegal	899
Niger	818
Mozambique	648
Tanzania	605
Zambia	264
Egypt	227
Ivory Coast	183
Algeria	167
China	126
Mali	120
Nepal	88
Liberia	70
Sudan	57
Benin	55
Lesotho	53
Guinea	52
Burkina Faso	44
Thailand	31
Togo	30
Syria	25
Comoros	23
Swaziland	17
Gabon	16
Afghanistan	16
Sierra Leone	15
Yemen	14
Bahamas	14
Sri Lanka	13
Palestine	12
Gambia	11
Guinea Bissau	10
Morocco	9
East Timor	8
Estonia	8
Angola	7
Iraq	6
Chad	6
Central African Republic	6
Jordan	6
Bahrain	5
Turkey	5
Ukraine	4
Botswana	3
Hungary	3
Mauritania	3
Other	3
Libya	3
Denmark	2
Jamaica	2
Madagascar	2
Malaysia	2
Venezuela	2
Mauritius	2
Iran	2
Solomon Islands	2
Paraguay	1
New Zealand	1
Namibia	1
Suriname	1
Azerbaijan	1
Colombia	1
Wallis and Futuna	1
Kyrgyzstan	1
Uruguay	1
Myanmar (Burma)	1
Bosnia	1
Ireland	1
Haiti	1
Russia	1
Barbados	1
Lebanon	1
Grand Total	184976

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Reply:

1. The departmental legislation does not make provision for ‘waiver certificate’ as stated above. Rather, the department will issue an asylum transit visas to new asylum applicants that declare their intention to apply for asylum on arrival at designated ports of entry. The basic requirement is that a person must declare the intention to apply for asylum.

2. The department has personnel appointed at the Refugee Reception Centres for the above asked function in terms of section 8(2) that reads with section 21(1), (2) and (5) of the Refugee Act.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugee is the UN agency operating in South Africa with offices and implementing partners across the country that is also assisting new and existing asylum applicants through the asylum process. The agency is fully equipped and mandated to provide support to both clients and the department.

(3)(a) The department has five Refugee Reception Centres.

Addresses and contact details that currently exist in the Republic are as follows:

OFFICE	LOCATION	CENTRE MANAGER	CONTACT DETAILS
Cape Town Refugee Reception Office	5th Floor, Custom House, Corner Heerengracht & Table Boulevard Streets, Cape Town	Akos Essel	Phone: 021 421 9173 / 9200 Mobile: Email: [email protected]
Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Office	Corner Eskia Mphahlele & Struben Streets, Pretoria	Bangwalang Chiloane	Phone: 012 395 4174 / 4000  Email: [email protected]
Durban Refugee Reception Office	137 Che Guevara Street, Durban	Naleen Balgobind	Phone: 031 362 1201 Mobile: Email: [email protected]
Musina Refugee Reception Office	8 Harold Grenfel Street, Musina	Jimmy Malemela	Phone: 015 534 5300 Mobile: 083 852 0104
Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Office	10A Gidbaud Road, Sydenham, Lakeside	Sabelo Ngxitho	Phone: 041 404 8361/ 3 Mobile: Email [email protected]

(3)(b) The department does not provide shelter to asylum seekers and refugees.

 

(3)(c) Asylum seekers and refugees are not issued with full birth certificates, rather a recognition of birth that must be taken to the centre for a full asylum permit.

(3)(d) This category of decision/rejection does not exist in the Refugee Act.

(4)(a) All Centres have security personnel.

(4)(b) Centres have private security in uniform 24 hours, whilst the Department’s security personnel are present during the day.

(5) There are no difficulties in registering children of asylum seekers born in South Africa. Asylum seekers are issued with recognition of birth document. It is the responsibility of the parents to take such document and submit them to the Refugee Reception Centre with immediate effect to allow their children proper registration and issuance of the asylum permit.

 

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Reply:

a) The department has an inspectorate unit which combats all forms of illegal migration. Improved biometric capability and more effective co-operation with other law enforcement agencies are amongst some of the efforts being improved on to combat illegal migration and department is also finalising the Border Management Authority Bill which will seek to strengthen efforts in preventing undocumented migrants from entering South Africa.

b) Attached is the list of undocumented migrants that have been deported and the countries they have been repatriated to.

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Reply:

I have been informed by my Department as follows:

The reference provided, PTACOD01200309, is not a source of reference used by, or within, the Department of Home Affairs. The Names and Surname provided, unaccompanied by other personal details cannot be utilised to obtain any information from the Department’s systems. Neither the Movement Control System nor the Visa Adjudication System can retrieve any permanent residence application using the information provided. As such, the Department is not able to verify such an application for Permanent Residence was ever submitted or received by Home Affairs.

It is requested that should additional information related to the application be available such as date of birth, passport number and full personal details, that such information be provided to the Department for further investigation.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Electoral Commission as follows:

(a) The cyber security plans and operations for elections are unfolding in line with the Electoral Commission’s preparations for the 2019 National and Provincial Elections. However, given the security nature of the cyber security operations and their impact on elections, the Electoral Commission is unable to disclose the requested details at this point. The Electoral Commission will be publishing these details immediately after elections as part of the statutory Election Report.

(b) same as (a) above.

Reply:

I have been informed by my Department as follows:

(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(aa)(aaa) No Vehicles were purchased for the Minister in the 2016/2017 financial year.

(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(aa)(bbb) (a) Lexus (b) RX 350 EX (c) R815 660.88 (d) September 2017 (bbb) 2017-18 financial year.

(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(aa)(bbb) AUDI (b) Q7 3.0 TDi, (c) R847 676.64 (d) September 2017 (bbb) 2017-18 financial year.

a)(b)(c)(d)(ii)(aa)(bb) (a) No Vehicles were purchased for the Minister since 01 April 2018

(a)(b)(c)(d)(ii)(aa)(aaa)(bbb)(bb) No Vehicles were purchased for the Deputy Minister in the 2016/2017, 2017/2018 financial years and since 01 April 2018.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Electoral Commission as follows:

There are 26, 774 102 million voters registered in 22 924 (twenty two thousand nine hundred and twenty four) voting stations in the Republic. The details are set out in the attachment marked as annexure A.

Reply:

I am advised by the Department that this question was asked to the Former Minister as question 1821 of 2018. I refer the Honorable Member to the same answer.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Electoral Commission as follows:

(1)(a) The ballots cast at the Toronto mission in Canada arrived in the Republic after counting of votes had been concluded and the determination of the election results finalised. The late arrival arose, in part, as a result of the delays encountered with ballot packages being cleared at the Canadian customs. In addition, the impact of the International Workers Day holiday on 1 May on the operations of courier companies caused additional delays.

(1)(b) The date for South Africans to vote by special votes abroad has been determined for 27 April 2019 in the election timetable. This means that voting abroad will take place ten (10) days before voting in the Republic and no longer seven (7) days as was the case in 2014 elections. The additional three (3) days will ensure that the cast ballots arrive in time for counting and will avoid the impact of the International Workers Day holiday. Secondly, the Electoral Commission has agreed with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on the use of diplomatic channels to transport the cast ballots. This will obviate delays related to custom clearances.

(2) Three (3) other missions out of a total of hundred and twenty one (121) missions.

(3) The ballots were not counted. For this reason the votes cast have not been determined. The numbers of approved special votes in each mission are instead provided (this does not necessarily equate to votes cast).

Canada; Toronto [267]

Cuba; Havana [395]

Democratic Republic of Congo; Lubumbashi [11]

Spain; Madrid [78]

Reply:

(a) On 25 September 2018, the Department of Home Affairs announced that discussions were taking place to conclude Visa Waiver Agreements with the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sao Tome & Principe, Tunisia, Saharawi, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Belarus, Georgia & Cuba.

(b) Negotiations are being finalised to conclude Visa Waiver Agreements by April 2019. An Official announcement will be made in this regard once the relevant countries have been notified through Diplomatic Channels.

Reply:

The Department and entities responded as follows:

(i) Department of Home Affairs

1. Twenty seven (27) tender briefings were held in 2018 by the Department of Home Affairs.
2. Twenty five (25) specified tender briefings were compulsory

(ii) Electoral Commission

1. The Electoral Commission held fifty-nine (59) briefing sessions.
2. None of these briefing sessions were compulsory.

(iii) Government Printing Works

1. Five (5) tender briefings were held.
2. Four (4) out of the five (5) tender briefings were compulsory.

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Ms N Mohoboko Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

A/Director-General Minister of Home Affairs

Date: Date:

Reply:

a) Reports of malfunctioning or dysfunctional zip-zip machines were received in 1.7% of our 22 263 voting stations during the 2016 local government elections. The analysis of the Electoral Commission is that data could not be retrieved from 393 machines. This equates to 1, 7% of the machines that were allocated to voting stations.

b) The zip–zip machine is primarily a voter registration device and as such it is not equipment that is mission critical on voting day. The machines are deployed on voting day to assist with the management of queues by providing a voter’s sequential index number on the voters’ roll and thus making it easier to locate the name of the voter on the roll.

Reply:

a) The Electoral Commission recorded twenty seven (27) reports of violence and or intimidation at or in the vicinity of voting stations during the 2016 local government elections.

b) The incidents were reported to the South African Police Service through the local operation centres for resolution. In all the twenty seven (27) reported cases the voting stations were maintained open for voting

 

Reply:

1. (a) Two hundred and five complaints and or objections were received during the 2016 local government elections.

(i) and (ii) The complaints and or objections raised varied matters related to the operations at voting stations. Following investigations by the Electoral Commission, hundred and seventy one complaints and or objections were dismissed for want of substance. A further twenty nine were withdrawn by the complainants /objectors. One objection was sustained by the Commission.

2. (a) The Electoral Commission investigated numerous instances of conduct related to presiding officers. The conduct of one hundred and twelve officers were found to have fallen short of the exacting standards required by the Electoral Commission. These officers have been flagged on the electoral staff system to ensure that they may not be deployed in the capacity of presiding officer in future elections.

Reply:

a) (i) The standard processing time for South Africans applying for passports at foreign missions is six (6) months on fully completed application submission at the Mission or Embassy. Furthermore, on receipt of application at Passports Section: Head Office, it takes twenty four (24) working days to process a manual application for a passport and,

The reason for the time lines from the Missions and Embassies can be clarified by DIRCO in relation to Diplomatic Bags. However, the twenty four days on manual applications processing is due to the processes involved which includes amongst others, determination of citizenship status, capturing of application, positive identification verification and other passport processes.

(ii) The turnaround time for an ID is fifty four working days for first issues of identity documents and forty seven working days for re-issues of identity documents.

(b) The processing times for identity documents are influenced by the manual nature of the issuing process and in the case of first issues of identity documents, the turnaround time is also dependent on the submission of the prescribed supporting documents by the applicant.

(iii). The standard processing time for South Africans applying for a Births, Marriages, Deaths Certificates, amendment of personal details and application for the registration of births by South African Citizens in foreign missions is 8 weeks at Head Office however, the entire process from the time the application is lodged at the Foreign Missions is (6) Six months.

(b) The reasons for these processing times are based on the study conducted to map out how documents gets completed and processed from office of application to head office, as well as what it takes to process such applications at head office to finalise the cases.

Reply:

a) Number of persons with citizenship from SADC between 01 January 2017 and 31 December 2017:

SADC COUNTRIES	TOTAL NUMBER OF NATURALISED CITIZENS PER COUNTRY
ANGOLA	1
BOTSWANA	0
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	46
ESWATINI	16
LESOTHO	53
MADAGASCAR	0
MALAWI	16
MAURITIUS	0
MOZAMBIQUE	141
NAMIBIA	0
SEYCHELLES	0
TANZANIA	0
ZAMBIA	5
ZIMBABWE	142

b) Number of persons with citizenship from SADC between 01 January 2018 and 31 December 2018:

SADC COUNTRIES	TOTAL NUMBER OF NATURALISED CITIZENS PER COUNTRY
ANGOLA	5
BOTSWANA	6
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	89
ESWATINI	12
LESOTHO	89
MADAGASCAR	0
MALAWI	18
MAURITIUS	5
MOZAMBIQUE	160
NAMIBIA	1
SEYCHELLES	0
TANZANIA	3
ZAMBIA	14
ZIMBABWE	141

Reply:

The opening of a border post between Namaacha and Mbuzini has been discussed at Bi-National Commissions between South Africa and Mozambique.

As a result, Immigration officials have conducted an oversight visit to the area observing that the terrain and lack of suitable roads in the area, would significantly limit the feasibility of developing such a proposed port of entry.

For purposes of tourism the region is supported by the locality of the following ports of entry which are fully operational:

• Mananga – approximately 60 kms
• Lebombo – approximately 60 kms
• Jeppe’s Reef – approximately 100 kms

During the annual commemoration of Samora Machel, special provision is made for cross-border movements by establishing a temporary crossing point that is approved by the Minister for the day of the memorial. This allows for individuals to pay their respects.

Reply:

The registration of persons serving custodial sentences in Correctional Centres will be conducted between 22nd and 23rd January 2019. The initiative will be undertaken with the support of the Department of Correctional Services following a cooperation agreement concluded between the two institutions.

The statistics will be available only after the referenced registration event.

Reply:

(a) 15 917

(b) R26,873,521.38

Reply:

(a) 282

(b) The list of where Municipal Outreach Coordinators will be allocated is attached as Annexure A.

(c) Matric/N3 plus at least three years’ work experience and/or strong community mobilisation experience (i.e. facilitation skills or ability to educate and engage audiences of varying demographic descriptions and educational levels

Reply:

a) Since the capturing of residential addresses on the National Immigration Information System (NIIS) is currently not mandatory and the fact that asylum seekers are enjoying freedom of movement in the country, statistics on the number of applications for asylum from applicants residing in Soweto are not available.

(b)(i) There is no delay in the processing of applications by the Department (at the first instance adjudication – (refugee status determination stage). Based on cases where the application was registered in 2018 and adjudication was made, the average duration was 10 days (From 1 January 2018 to 30 September 2018).

(b)(ii) The average duration of an applicant’s residence as stipulated in the legislation is 180 days including internal appeals and reviews. However, given capacity challenges and current composition that led to backlogs at Refugee Appeal Board and Standing Committee on Refugee Affairs, it meant that the duration is extended to periods that cannot be predicted.

Reply:

Below are the statistics based on the deportations undertaken by the Soweto Inspectorate Unit.

2014 DEPORTATION STATS

(b) COUNTRIES	(c)(i) GENDER	TOTAL NUMBER	(c)(ii) AGE GROUP
ZIMBABW EANS	MALES= 226 FEMALES= 10	236	19 TO 35
MOZAMBICANS	MALES - 436 FEMALES = 04	440	21 TO 45
LESOTHO	MALES = 49 FEMALES =05	54	19 TO 38
MALAWIAN	MALES = 144 FEMALES = 03	147	20 TO 45
SWAZILAND	MALES - 0 FEMALES = 02	02	19 TO 44
CONGOLESE	MALES = 01 FEMALES =0	01	22 TO 45
NIGERIANS	MALES =01 FEMALES = 0	01	21 TO 47
GAMBIAN	MALES = 01 FEMALE = 0	01	22 TO 45
CHINESE	MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0	01	23 TO 39
INDIA	MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0	01	20 TO 44
		TOTAL DEPORTEES FOR THE YEAR 2014 WAS = 884

2015 DEPORTATION STATS

(b) COUNTRIES	(c)(i) GENDER	TOTAL NUMBER	(c)(ii) AGE GROUP
ZIMBABWEAN	MALES= 147 FEMALES- 12	1 59	19 TO 35
MOZAMBICAN	MALES - 277 FEMALES - 13	290	21 TO 45
LESOTHO	MALES - 74 FEMALES =27	101	19 TO 38
MALAWIAN	MALES = 155 FEMALES = 05	160	20 TO 45
NIGERIAN	MALES =03 FEMALES - 0	03	21 TO 44
UGANDAN	MALES = 04 FEMALE = 0	04	22 TO 45
CONGO	MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0	01	19 TO 35
RWANDA	MALES = 02 FEMALE =0	02	23 TO 47
SWAZILAND	MALES - 01 FEMALE =01	02	22 TO 48
CHINESE	MALES = 01 FEMALE — 01	02	23 TO 46
INDIAN	MALES =01 FEMALE = 0	01	21 TO 45
BANGLADESH	MALES = 02 FEMALES =0	02	22 TO 35
MOROCCO	MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0	01	21 TO 45
		TOTAL = 728 DEPORTEES IN 2015

2016 DEPORTATION STATS

(b) COUNTRIES	(c)(i) GENDER	TOTAL NUMBER	(c)(ii) AGE GROUP
ZIMBABWEANS	MALES- 45 FEMALES= 01	46	19 TO 35
MOZAMBICANS	MALES = 139 FEMALES = 01	140	21 TO 45
NIGERIA	MALES - 01 FEMALES -0	01	19 TO 38
MALAWIANS	MALES - 35 FEMALES = 03	38	20 TO 45
ZAMBIA	MALES = 03 FEMALES = 0	03	19 TO 44
BANGLADESH	MALES = 01 FEMALE =0	01	19 TO 45
		TOTAL DEPORTEES IS = 229 FOR 2016

2017 DEPORTATION STATS

(b) COUNTRIES	(c)(i) GENDER	TOTAL NUMBER	(c)(ii) AGE GROUP
ZIMBABWEANS	MALES =19 FEMALES = 06	25	18 TO 39
MOZAMBICANS	MALES =45	45	19 TO 45
MALAWIANS	MALES = 16	16	18 TO 49
EGYPTIANS	MALE =01	01	21 TO 49
NIGERIANS	MALE = 01	01	19 TO 45
UGANDAN	MALE = 01	01	21 TO 48
		TOTAL DEPORTEES IS = 89

 

2018 DEPORTATION STATS

(b) COUNTRIES	(c)(i) GENDER	TOTAL NUMBER	(c)(ii) AGE GROUP
ZIMBABWEANS	MALES= 10 FEMALES = 03	13	19 TO 45
ETHOPIANS	MALES = 01	01	20 TO 35
MALAWIANS	MALES = 16	16	18 TO 44
MOZAMBICANS	MALES = 09	09	19 TO 36
LESOTHOS	MALES = 04	04	19 TO 40
		TOTAL DEPORTEES IS = 43

Summary: Number of Deportees in 2014 is 884

Number of Deportees in 2015 is 728

Number of Deportees in 2016 is 229

Number of Deportees in 2017 is 89

Number of Deportees in 2018 is 43

Reply:

The Question was referred to the Electoral Commission which responded as follows:

The Electoral Commission has implemented security and access control policies aimed at mitigating the risk of espionage and cyber attacks. These include the following:

1. Access controls – Access to information is controlled and made available on a need to know basis;
2. Security Firewalls – Implemented modern and latest security protection and monitoring systems and devices;
3. Implemented 24*7/365 real-time monitoring of all security requirements including hacking or attempted hacking, software viruses, malware, etc.
4. Use network segmentation to limit access;
5. Employs and/or contracts only South African professionals in its ICT department;
6. Occasionally commissions an independent audit of the network and data security, in addition to regular security assessment audits by the Internal Audit and the Office of AGSA;
7. Commissions a separate parallel SOC (security operations centre) during major electoral events such as elections; and
8. Has an added filtering later at its ISP (Internet Service Provider).

Reply:

1. No. The Honourable Member is thereby requested to furnish information or evidence alluded to in this regard.

(2)(a) None, there are no restrictions.

(2)(b) An application form for marriage certificate (DHA 130) must be completed with the correct and relevant personal particulars (names, surname, identity number, date and place of marriage, etc.), together with a payment of seventy five rands (R75.00) which must be submitted at the nearest Home Affairs local front office. A marriage entry number and place of marriage may be required to trace some marriage records, in particular the African race group that were registered prior to 1990. The processing time for such applications is eight (8) weeks subjected to accessibility of records.

 

Reply:

(a-b) The office could not be opened due to lack of datalines which would link the office with Head Office. The datalines have however since been installed. The office has been opened and commenced operations on 01 October 2018.