1. MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

2. PRESENTATION OF THE MPUMALANGA PROVINCE TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE IN CAPETOWN, ON THE 8TH OF MARCH 2005-03-05. 1.INTRODUCTION  The Mpumalanga Province occupies and area of 79 490 square kilometers, which is 6.5% of the land.  It has a population of 3 122 990 as with the 2001 census. This is 7,0% of the population of South Africa.  There was an 11,5% growth since the 1996 census. 2.OFFICE DISTRIBUTION  Mpumalanga is divided into two Subregions:  Nelspruit  Witbank

3.  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 3rd 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.  Nelspruit Subregion:Witbank Subregion:  One (1) Regional OfficeOne (1) Regional Office  Seven (7) District OfficesSeven (7) District Offices  Seven (7) Port Control OfficesFour (4) Port Control Offices Regional Office: NelspruitRegional Office: Witbank District Office: BarbertonDistrict Office: Bethal District Office: EerstehoekDistrict Office: Ermelo District Office: HazyviewDistrict Office: Evander District Office: KomatipoortDistrict Office: Groblersdal District Office: LydenburgDistrict Office: Kwa-Mhlanga District Office: NkomaziDistrict Office: Middelburg District Office: NsikaziDistrict Office: Piet Retief Kruger-Mpumalanga International AirportPort Control Office: Bothashoop Port Control Office: Jeppes ReefPort Control Office: Emahlathini Port Control Office: JosefsdalPort Control Office: Mahamba Port Control Office: LebomboPort Control Office: Nerston Port Control Office: Mananga Port Control Office: Oshoek Port Control Office: Waverley  In total: 2 x Regional Offices 14 x District Offices 11 x Port Control Offices

4.  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: MalelaneEvanderBethalStandertonHazyview  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.

5.  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 Hospital-Nsikazi  Embhuleni Hospital-Eerstehoek  Ermelo Hospital-Ermelo  Kwa-Mhlanga Hospital-Kwa-Mhlanga  Middelburg Hospital-Middelburg  The Regional and District Offices where these Hospitals are situated identified an official to work permanently at these offices.

6. STAFF ESTABLISHMENT  The racial breakdown in Mpumalanga is as follows  A-F : African Male ; A-M : African Female W-M : White Male ; W-F : White Female W-M : White Male ; W-F : White Female 13196411001766230 Office Appr. 1995 Appr. 2004 A-MA-FW-MW-FColouredIndian Provincial Manager’s Office 524212200 RO Nelspruit56662019761 F0 DO Barberton1215352300 DO Eerstehoek915430000 DO Hazyview19238101000 DO Komatipoort2025961200 DO Lydenburg1115432000 DO Nkomazi916260000 DO Nsikazi1521870000 PCO Jeppes Reef19291270000 PCO Josefsdal78520000 PCO Lebombo459025214300 PCO Mananga15231111000 PCO Oshoek467723150100 KMIA17 462100 RO Witbank495920161101 F0 DO Bethal1015431000 DO Ermelo18271060000 DO Evander1116351001 F DO Groblersdal1520731400 DO Kwa-Mhlanga40 26110000

7. DO Middelburg1319641100 DO Piet Retief171866231 M0 PCO Bothashoop107801000 PCO Emahlathini1015611100 PCO Mahamba25281860000 PCO Nerston1218641100 PCO Waverley 6 DO Siyabushwa 13 Refugee Reception Office 9 TOTAL535774260177323831

8.  African – Male:48.60%  African – Female:33.08%  White – Male:5.98%  White – Female:7.10%  Coloured:0.56%  Indian:0.19%

9. REQUIRED BUDGET  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  An amount of R 1 500 000 is required for capital – for the establishing of three (3) new offices  An amount of R4 000 000 is required for the ID Campaign (Local elections)  Total amount needed: R69 240 564.00

10. ID CAMPAIGN  The Permanent Registration Campaign never stops, it is continuous. Currently we have about 40 000 unclaimed ID documents in our offices. OFFICE/SERVICE POINTS/ MOBILE UNITSUNCLAIMED IDS RO NELSPRUIT 942 DO BARBERTON 956 DO EERSTEHOEK 152 SP EMPULUZI 125 DO HAZYVIEW 2406 SP SABIE 339 SP GRASKOP 190 DO KOMATIPOORT 385 SP MALELANE 311 DO LYDENBURG 437 SP BELFAST 132 SP BURGERSFORT 2108 SP MACHADODORP 54 SP WATERVAL BOVEN 52 MU 1062 DO NKOMAZI 2070 SP SCHOEMANSDAL 1448 DO NSIKAZI 775 SP MSOGWABA 256 SP DAANTJIE 152 SUB-REGION 14352

11. RO WITBANK 4309 SP DELMAS 419 DO BETHAL 508 SP KRIEL 130 SP STANDERTON 611 DO ERMELO 967 SP AMERSFOORT 82 SP CAROLINA 150 SP DAGGAKRAAL 49 SP MORGENZON 19 SP BREYTEN 92 DO EVANDER / SECUNDA 2204 SP BALFOUR 199 DO GROBLERSDAL 1724 SP MOUTSE 85 MU 51 DO KWA-MHLANGA 14 SP EKANGALA 627 SP KWA-MHLANGA 3555 SP MBIBANE 785 SP MDUJANE 2473 SP MKOBOLA 2449 SP MMAMETHLAKE 970 DO MIDDELBURG 1155 SP HENDRINA 125 SP LAERSDRIFT 10 DO PIET RETIEF 1366 SP AMSTERDAM 101 SP DRIEFONTEIN 141 SP VOLKSRUST 221 SP WAKKERSTROOM 51 SUB-REGION 25642 REGION39994

12.  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 IkweKwezi 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

13. 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 Temba Hospital  DO Hazyview:Sabie GraskopMasoyiMatibidi  DO Lydenburg:Burgersfort BelfastMachadodorpRooibrug  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

14.  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 Mmametlake – daily and computerized Enkangala - daily and computerized Kwa-Mhlanga Hospital  DO Piet Retief:Amsterdam – once per week Driefontein – once per week Wakkerstroom – once per week Volksrust – Twice per week  DO Middelburg:Hendrina – once per week Laersbrug – twice per week Middelburg Hospital (permanent and computerized)

15. VEHICLES  RO Nelspruit:3 x sedans and 2 LDV  DO Lydenburg:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Hazyview:1 x sedan, LDV and a Venture  DO Barberton:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Eerstehoek:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Nkomazi:2 x sedans and LDV  DO Nsikazi:2 x sedans  DO Komatipoort:1 x sedan and LDV  RO Witbank:2 x sedans, 2 LDV and a Venture  DO Bethal:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Ermelo:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Evander:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Groblersdal:1x sedan and LDV  DO Middelburg:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Piet Retief:1 x sedan and LDV  DO Kwa-Mhlanga:1 x sedan, LDV and Kombi

16. RELATIONS FROM COMMUNITY STRUCTURES  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.