“It is clear that we can indeed grow South Africa when we work together. The response from citizens and all stakeholders has been tremendous. I am happy that so many people came to our offices to collect their IDs,” Cwele said in a statement.

He called on all citizens who had applied for IDs to collect them ahead of the final voter registration weekend on January 26 and 27.

“I am satisfied that our offices will be ready to assist our citizens over this coming weekend.”

Cwele welcomed the progress made in reducing the number of uncollected IDs across the country, particularly in Gauteng, where from Monday to Thursday the number of uncollected IDs were reduced to 55,000 from 90,000 since last week.

Home affairs offices will be open from 8am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday to assist citizens with collecting their IDs, applying for temporary identification certificates or reapplying for IDs. 

African News Agency (ANA)