Friday, April 28, 2006

[South Africa] SA 'runs out' of passports / News24, 28 Apr 2006

http://digbig.com/4hhss
Philip de Bruin
"The home affairs department 'is experiencing the biggest crisis of its existence' and a national embargo has been placed on the issuing of 'normal' passports as there are no new passports available for processing.
The handful of new passports still held by the department has now been reserved for 'emergency cases' and may be issued only to people 'who can provide a very good motivation for consideration'. "