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Delays in Home Affairs applications for birth, marriage, death certificates, IDs, passports, and immigration services continue to affect thousands of South Africans. Applicants across Gauteng report waiting weeks, months, and in some cases years, for documents required for schooling, travel, employment, estates, and social services. According to the Department of Home Affairs, the delays are driven by a combination of administrative backlogs, archive retrieval challenges, system failures, and verification requirements.
