Home Affairs extends working hours to ensure voters can get their IDs

Home Affairs offices will remain open for extended hours to allow for voters to collect IDs or apply for temporary ones.Home Affairs offices will have extended working hours on Tuesday and Wednesday to ensure that voters can get identity documents.They will open at 7am on Wednesday and close at 9pm.

The Department of Home Affairs will extend operational hours at all offices from 6 to 8 May. Offices will be open from 8am to 7pm on 6 and 7 May, and from 7am to 9pm on Election Day.

If Home Affairs did their jobs between elections, everyone who had applied, should be in possession of an ID already.

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