The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza will on Friday, 16 July 2021 assess the damages at the Home Affairs office in Eshowe which was vandalized on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 following unrests in KwaZulu-Natal.

As a result of the acts of vandalism, the office has had to close down. In this regard, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has instructed the Department to use alternative sites to register deaths to assist grieving families and funeral undertakers as some offices in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal are inaccessible. To this end, Deputy Minister Nzuza will visit the Eshowe Hospital where deaths will be registered as an interim measure.

The Deputy Minister will also join the local community in efforts to clean up the town of Eshowe.

Source: Government of South Africa