Africa: Home Affairs Under-Capacitation Severely Undermines Service Delivery Across South Africa
AllAfrica
February 25, 2026
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The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has raised serious concerns over severe understaffing at Department of Home Affairs (DHA) offices in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, warning that this is significantly hampering service delivery. The committee highlighted that the DHA is operating at only 32% and 42% of its required staffing levels in these provinces, resulting in over 900 vacant positions collectively. This chronic understaffing has led to long queues, delayed processing of identity documents
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Originally published on AllAfrica on 2/25/2026