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Applicants seeking passports can be processed at the service counter, generally within 15–30 minutes under normal operating conditions.
- Who it is for
- applicants seeking passports
- How to act on it
- Go to a Home Affairs service counter and submit a passport application under normal operating conditions.
The Department digitises civic records to improve availability of records and speed up processing of applications such as birth registrations and identity documents.
- Who it is for
- applicants for applications such as birth registrations and identity documents (especially in under-served communities)
- How to act on it
- Apply for relevant civic services; digitised records are used to improve processing speed.
The Department of Home Affairs provides civic services through over 400 service points, including offices equipped with Live Capture technology and service points hosted in partner bank branches as part of its multi-channel access model.
- Who it is for
- citizens and residents seeking civic services throughout the country, including in rural and township areas
- How to act on it
- Use a Department of Home Affairs service point (including Live Capture-equipped offices or partner bank branch service points) to apply for civic services.
The Department deploys mobile offices to provide civic services in rural areas, farms and communities that are far from permanent Home Affairs offices.
- Who it is for
- people in rural areas, farms and communities far from permanent Home Affairs offices (under-served communities)
- How to act on it
- Access civic services through the Department’s deployed mobile offices in the relevant rural/far/community locations.
Birth certificate applications can be captured within 30–60 minutes, but issuance depends on verification processes and may take longer where archival records must be retrieved.
- Who it is for
- applicants seeking birth certificates, particularly unabridged certificates
- How to act on it
- Submit a birth certificate application for capture and verification, noting that additional verification/archival retrieval may be required.
You can request strategic intelligence assessments on the focus areas mentioned (municipal infrastructure, water infrastructure, and construction supply chains/tender fraud and extortion threats). The reply says such requests can be directed to NICOC, which often presents updated infrastructure assessments to political and departmental principals.
- Who it is for
- political and departmental principals seeking strategic assessments
- How to act on it
- Direct a request for strategic assessments on these focus areas to the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee (NICOC).
Local Government, together with relevant associations such as SATOVITO, ensures that protections are in place to prevent the exploitation of township tourism.
- Who it is for
- township tourism operators and township tourism stakeholders
- How to act on it
- The document does not describe a specific action for operators; it states that protections are ensured as part of the concurrent function of Tourism.
The Department has set up a Programme Support Unit (PSU) to expedite completion, close-out and hand-over of tourism infrastructure projects, including hand-over to traditional authorities representing communities in some instances and to provincial governments or municipalities in others.
- Who it is for
- communities represented by traditional authorities, and provincial governments or municipalities receiving handed-over tourism infrastructure projects
- How to act on it
- The document describes the Department’s internal process for completing and handing over projects; it does not describe an application or submission route for members of the public.
The Department is implementing tourism infrastructure projects in historically marginalised rural areas as part of its Annual Performance Plan (APP) for the 2025/2026 financial year, with projects listed by province and project name/locality.
- Who it is for
- communities in historically marginalised rural areas where the listed tourism infrastructure projects are located
- How to act on it
- The document lists projects and localities but does not provide a public application, registration, or claim process.
The Department of Home Affairs says it is implementing reforms to improve access to late birth registration, reduce turnaround times, and prioritise vulnerable applicants, including strengthening referral protocols for vulnerable cases and setting up dedicated late registration units in high-demand offices.
- Who it is for
- vulnerable applicants who need late birth registration, including children, undocumented persons, and families facing socio-economic hardship
- How to act on it
- Use the late birth registration process through the Department of Home Affairs; the Department states it will refer and prioritise vulnerable cases through strengthened protocols with the Department of Social Development and will fast-track low-risk applications using risk-based adjudication.
SAPS is replacing the current incident management solution used in the 10111 Command Centres with one that includes CAD capability. A bid for this replacement has been advertised through SITA and the evaluation process is nearing completion; SAPS is awaiting the outcome.
- Who it is for
- potential bidders/service providers able to supply a CAD-capable incident management solution for SAPS
- How to act on it
- Participate in the bid advertised through the State Information Technology Agency (SITA); SAPS awaits the outcome of the bid process.
SAPS provides trauma debriefing to members within 24 to 72 hours after they are exposed to traumatic incidents in the line of duty.
- Who it is for
- SAPS members exposed to traumatic incidents
- How to act on it
- Receive trauma debriefing as part of SAPS EHW proactive and reactive interventions.