Department of Home Affairs (DHA)
National Department · Justice and Protection Services
The Department of Home Affairs is the custodian of South African citizenship and civil identity, and controls the movement of people across the country’s borders.
Its civic services register births, marriages and deaths, maintain the National Population Register, and issue identity documents and passports. Its immigration functions cover visas and permits, permanent residence, refugee status determination, admissions at ports of entry, and enforcement against illegal migration.
The department is the source of the identity record on which most other public and private services depend, from banking and voting to grants and school enrolment. The Government Printing Works and the Electoral Commission both fall within its portfolio.
Audit record, 5 years
Leadership, 25 listed
- Minister
- Dr Leon Amos Schreiber
- Deputy Minister
- Mr Njabulo Bheka Nzuza
- Director General
- Mr Livhuwani Tommy Makhode
- Chief of Staff
- Ms Lisa Walser
- Chief Financial Officer
- Mr Gordon Hollamby
- Deputy Directors General
- Mr Leon Du Preez Mr Livhuwani Tommy Makhode Mr Thulani Mavuso Ms Charlotte Mocke Adv Constance Moitse Mr Thomas Sigama Ms Carli Van Wyk
- Senior Management
- Ms Ndalisa Jele Dr Donald Joseph Ms Emily Malangeni Mr Thifheli Matshaya Mr Thulani Mavuso Ms Eunice Mhlanga Mr Cyril Mncwabe Ms Mamokubung Moroke Mr Ndabenhle Shabalala
- Communications Officers
- Mr Andre Gaum Ms Carli van Wyk
- Secretaries
- Ms Anthula Higgins Mr Senzo Zondi
Entities reporting to this one, 2
Description written for this directory from the entity’s own published sources: www.dha.gov.za, www.gov.za