Automation cuts corruption at Home Affairs

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the use of the automation system at the Department’s offices has helped cut corruption and ensure a faster and more improved service.

He says his Department will soon be rolling out the electronic Visa system.

Gigaba briefed the media in Johannesburg on his department’s initiatives to improve services and reduce long queues at its offices countrywide

He says they have also introduced the system at the ports of entry.

“We have introduced automation, biometric capture, the anhanced motion control system, all of which assist us to create profiles particularly for frequent visitors to our country. This is so that when we begin introducing the electronic visa and the trusted traveller visa programme, we will better know the people who regularly visit our country.”