Home Affairs loses 38 000 working hours due to load shedding - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports,

Department of Home Affairs says it has lost close to 38 000 working hours.

The Department of Home Affairs says it has lost close to 38 000 working hours over the past five financial years due to the impact of load shedding.

The Eastern Cape has the highest amount of working hours lost at more than 7 900. Mpumalanga lost 5 990 hours, while Gauteng lost 4 621 working hours. This was revealed by the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, replying to a Democratic Alliance parliamentary question on the total hours lost in each province due to load shedding.

DA MP, Christopher Roos, who posed the question, says this is an alarming number of working hours lost, and is a concern for service delivery. “This despite for tens of million of rands being spent on equipment upgrade, communication upgrades at Home Affairs offices.

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