Home Affairs wants to be
reclassified to allow it to operate on Saturdays
Times Live - 19 May 2022
Home affairs minister Aaron
Motsoaledi says the department desperately wants its offices to open on
Saturdays. File photo.
The department of home affairs wants to be classified as a security department so it can open on Saturdays without having to pay overtime.
The department has submitted to the cabinet a Home Affairs Bill, which will change the nature of the home affairs department into a security department, which is entitled to open on weekends.
In a parliamentary response to a question on why the department did not operate on Saturdays, home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the department desperately wanted its offices open on Saturdays.
However, a stalemate had been reached with labour unions
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