African - Female : 33.08%

White – Male : 5.98%

White - Female : 7.10%

Coloured : 0.56%

Indian : 0.19%

According to the New Proposed Establishment – Mpumalanga will have 1081 posts

• An amount of R54 400 941.00 is required for the remuneration of employees and to activated the approved posts.

• An amount of: R9 339 623 is required for Goods and Services

R 1 500 000 is required for capital – for the establishment of three (3) new offices

R 4 000 000 for the ID Campaign

• Total amount needed: R69 240 564.00

• The Permanent Citizen Registration Campaign never stops, it is continuous. Currently we have about 17 000 unclaimed ID documents in our offices.

Instructions were given to all Regional and District Offices to arrange with community leaders to visit Service Points during weekends, however the response is very poor. With the assistance of the two local radio stations, viz Ligwalagwala and Ikwelwezi FM, we periodically request that people come and collect their Identity Documents.

It would be my recommendation that when we commence with the ID Campaign for Local Authorities, the issue of free photographs be allowed for first applicants only, since it is suspected that the reason why there are so many uncollected documents is due to the fact that people do posses Identity documents but that they could have applied again since there were free photographs

6. NUMBER OF MOBILE UNITS

RO Nelspruit Civic centre – computerized and permanent

Kanyamazane – visited twice a week

White River – Once a week

Matsulu – Once a week

Rob Ferreira Hospital – Computerized and permanent

DO Barberton: Louieville – Once per week

Kwa-Mholo – per arrangement

DO Komatipoort: Malelane – permanent and computerized

DO Nkomazi: Matsamo MPCC to be computerized

Mgobodi permanent service point

Shongwe Hospital (computerized)

Mbangwane.

DO Nsikazi: Daantjie

Msogwaba

Themba Hospital

DO Hazyview: Sabie

Graskop

Masoyi

Matibidi

DO Lydenburg: Burgersfort

Belfast

Machadodorp

Rooibrug

DO Witbank: Delmas Service point – permanent but not computerized

Eyethu Service port – twice per week

Verena – Once per week

Ogies – Once per week

DO Bethal: Kriel – not computerized – Once per week

Standerton – permanent and computerized

DO Ermelo: Carolina – permanent to be computerized

Daggakraal – daily (not computerized)

Breyten – twice per week

Morgenzon – twice per week

Amersfoort - twice per week

Lothair - twice per week

Ermelo Hospital

DO Evander: Balfour - twice per week

Leandra – once per week

Mokoti - twice per week

Moutse - twice per week

DO Groblersdal: Samekomst - twice per week

Zaaiplaats - twice per week

DO Kwa-Mhlanga: Kwa-Mhlanga S.P – Full time

Mkobola – daily and computerized

Mdutjane – being computerized

Mbibane – daily and computerized

Mammetlake – daily and computerized

Enkangala - daily and computerized

Kwa-Mhlanga Hospital

DO Piet Retief: Amsterdam – once per week

Driefontein – once per week

Wakkerstrom – once per week

Volksrust – Twice per week

DO Middelburg: Hendrina – once per week

Laersbrug – twice per week

Middelburg Hospital (permanent and computerized)

The Department of Home Affairs is felt in Mpumalanga from the Provincial Government to the various communities. The Department is continuously invited to participate in various Clusters and activities in the Province.

• The Provincial Government has also a sympathetic ear to the Department. During the general elections, when I presented the position of the Department, Provincial Premier invited al the Municipalities to listen to my presentation. The Municipalities agreed to assist the Department and committees where established with our various offices. Itineraries were drawn up and municipal vehicles as well as personnel were sent out to help with the ID Campaign. The Provincial Government even pledged R1.5 million, which assisted with the issuance of free ID photos.

• There is very good co-operation with the Amakhosi throughout the Province. There is also very good co-operation with the House of Traditional Leaders. All the Amakhosi are prepared to share space for the operations of the Department.

• The Department of Home Affairs is available to members of the community. We are involved with information campaigns arranged by the various Departments in the Province, paralegal workshops etc. The Provincial Manager with the help of the local radio stations and TV is continuously addressing members of the community regarding the functions of the Department. The telephone number of the direct line of the Provincial Manager as well as his cell phone number was given to members of the community – at first it was difficult but the calls have subsided.

• Being involved with IMCO and OPCO, the Department is in good working relations with all structures at the various Ports of Entries, as well as our counter parts in the neighboring countries, viz: Mozambique and Swaziland. We have quarterly meetings with our counter parts and we are also standing members of the Tri-Lateral Security and Crime prevention committee – organised jointly by the Security Structures in Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa.

• According to Home Affairs demarcations, the province is currently divided into 2 sub-regions, namely: Nelspruit and Witbank sub-regions. The Nelspruit sub-region which stretches from Burgersfort down to Hazyview, through the Kruger National Park to Komatipoort up along the Mozambique border up the Swazi border to Amsterdam, while the Witbank sub-region occupies the former Kwa-Ndebele areas, excluding Bronkhorstpruit, occupying Delmas up to Balfour and down to Pongola where it shares the boundary with Kwa-Zulu Natal.

• Approval has been obtained to establish the 3^rd region and the seat has been identified to be Ermelo, which will be composed of all the Southern Towns of Piet Retief, Secunda, Evander, Volkrust, Hendrina up to Kriel.

One (1) Regional Office One (1) Regional Office

Seven (7) District Offices Seven (7) District Offices

Seven (7) Port Control Offices Four (4) Port Control Offices

Regional Office: Nelspruit Regional Office: Witbank

District Office: Barberton District Office: Bethal

District Office: Eerstehoek District Office: Ermelo

District Office: Hazyview District Office: Evander

District Office: Komatipoort District Office: Groblersdal

District Office: Lydenburg District Office: Kwa-Mhlanga

District Office: Nkomazi District Office: Middelburg

District Office: Nsikazi District Office: Piet Retief

Kruger-Mpumalanga International Airport Port Control Office: Bothashoop

Port Control Office: Jeppes Reef Port Control Office: Emahlathini

Port Control Office: Josefsdal Port Control Office: Mahamba

Port Control Office: Lebombo Port Control Office: Nerston

Port Control Office: Mananga

Port Control Office: Oshoek

Port Control Office: Waverley

• The Nelspruit sub-region is composed of 7 District Offices, namely: Barberton, Eerstehoek, Komatipoort, Lydenburg, Hazyview, Nkomazi, Nsikazi with Nelspruit as a regional office. The sub-region also takes charge of 2 MPCCs, namely: Matsamo and Fernie MPCC. Each Regional and District office is responsible for a certain number of permanent service ports which will be discussed later.

• It needs to be mentioned that each sub-region is also responsible for a number of ports of entry. Nelspruit is therefore responsible for the Lebombo border post to Mozambique, Mananga, Jeppes Reef Josefdal, Oshoek, Waverly are the Swaziland border and the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport resorts under Nelspruit.

• The Witbank sub-region is composed of Witbank regional office and 7 district offices, namely: Evander, Groblersdal, Middelburg, Bethal, Ermelo, Piet Retief, Kwa-Mhlanga. The sub-region has one MPCC which is operational at Samekomst, another MPCC to be launched soon in Thandulwazi in Leandra. The Witbank sub-region also is in charge of border posts west of Swaziland, namely Nerston, Emahlathini, Bothashoop, and Mahamba.

• Relocation of Offices:

During 2004 District Offices Eerstehoek and Komatipoort relocated to new buildings and Ermelo and Evander will be relocating during this year.

• Painting of the Offices:

RIXAKA RO TINIKETELA (The National Volunteer Campaign)

The Volunteer Campaign was launched in Mpumalanga on 16 June 2004 at the Malelane Service Point.

The following offices were painted as part of the campaign with the assistance of the community:

• Malelane
• Evander
• Bethal
• Standerton
• Hazyview

District Offices Eerstehoek and Komatipoort were also painted in the Corporate Colours as part of their new lease agreements.

District Office: Piet Retief is currently being painted.

• Seven (7) Hospitals were computerised as part of the online birth and death registration campaign. These hospitals are:

• Rob Ferreira Hospital - Nelspruit
• Shongwe Hospital - Nkomazi
• Temba - Nsikazi
• Embhuleni Hospital - Eerstehoek
• Ermelo Hospital - Ermelo
• Kwa-Mhlanga Hospital - Kwa-Mhlanga
• Middelburg Hospital - Middelburg