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[email protected] Bloemfontein Courant visited the local Home Affairs’ offices in Extremely long queues at the Mangaung and spoke to members Department of Home Affairs in of the public about the upgrades. Rocklands could be a thing of the Resident Mehlale Seale said that past with recent upgrades, and locals the upgrades would be a great are looking forward to it. improvement. “I think it is a good Free State Home Affairs’ provincial idea because everyone will be helped manager, Bonakele Mayekiso, said much faster and still be able to get that the upgrades would cut the on with their day instead of spending time needed to process information hours at Home Affairs,” she said. and documents substantially. “In Another resident, Karen Roussow, the past you would have to apply for praised the department for its a birth certificate and it would take efficiency. “Their online service will time to process paperwork needed work but if you fetch documets you from a database using old paper will have to come and queueue. The systems,” said Mayekiso. Oftentimes, department’s services are excellent depending on when a certificate was here, especially with the number first registered, it would take a long Bonakele Mayekiso, Provincial Manager of people they handle. They are time to retrieve for members of the of the Free State Department of Home really doing a good job,” expressed public, sometimes as long as six Affairs, stated that system upgrades would Rossouw.