SABC News reports that Department of Home Affairs (DHA) clients queuing outside the offices in Tzaneen in Limpopo have urged Minister Malusi Gigaba to intervene to make sure that the offices were opened on Saturdays.  

The DHA offices have not been operating for months now on Saturdays due to a labour dispute around the weekend shift.  In Tzaneen, the situation has resulted in some people being turned away during the week due to long queues.  Mimmy Mhlongo, one of hundreds of people queuing there and hoping that the offices would be opened, said:  “I have arrived here at half past five … we want them to work on Saturdays so that they can help those who are working during the week and those who are going to school.”

• This short report by Witness Tiva is at SABC News

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