Home Affairs services unavailable due to technical problem

The department said it will provide further updates.

The Department of Home Affairs has issued an alert to citizens that its services are not available at the moment due to a technical problem on the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) mainframe which affects access to the National Population Register (NPR).

"We have contacted SITA [State Information Technology Agency[ and have been assured that its technicians and engineers are attending to the matter. We hope that this will not take long to be resolved," said the department in a statement.

The department said it will provide further updates.

"The department apologises to citizens and clients for the inconvenience caused," it said.

(With Inputs from South African Government Press Release)