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Calls for comments on Home Affairs White Paper

Source: News 24, 20/01/2019

Written comments are to be submitted before February 18. At a press
briefing on Sunday, home affairs minister Siyabonga Cwele said the
white paper seeks to find `sustainable solutions` to problems facing
the department, including long queues, staff shortages,
infrastructure problems, office space, connectivity and networks.
This is part of the department`s `repositioning` strategy for 2019,
which seeks to modernise the department`s operations, he said.
`The White Paper does not change the mandate of Home Affairs, but for
the first time its full mandate is clearly set out,` he said, adding
that the first mandate of the department is to manage the official
identity and status of people.
The department wants the population registry to be replaced by the
NIS which will reflect data relating to identity, and civic and
immigration statuses of people, Cwele said.
`In a digital age, the NIS will be the backbone of a more integrated
modern state that provides citizens and other clients fast access to
efficient services. It will thus be a powerful enabler of inclusive
economic development and will drastically reduce fraud and other
related crimes,` he said.
The White Paper will also deal with issues related to immigration,
and will incorporate the 2017 White Paper on Integration Migration,
Cwele said.
`The envisioned end-state is the replacement of the old, legacy model
and its replacement with a world-class government department that is
properly resourced,` he said.

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