The department has obtained a court interdict prohibiting protestors from intimidating staff and those visiting their offices.
The body representing the undertakers called the Unification Task Team on Monday said if government didn’t address their concerns, they would go on a full-blown national strike.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that the decision to temporarily suspend certain services was made after careful consideration.
This happened on Tuesday while Home Affairs Deputy Minister Njabulo Nzuza was visiting the border to monitor operations.
The department has finally managed to clear a traffic jam at the busy border that saw people camping out for days.
“Those are the officials to be held responsible and if they don’t want to give us the names of those officials, the buck stops with the minister. The minister must take the fall, he must resign.”
President Cyril Ramaphosa is visiting the Home Affairs head office in Tshwane as part of his commitment to promote good governance and professionalism in the public sector.
This was revealed by Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi in a written parliamentary reply on Tuesday.
Nomathamsanqa Swartbooi was among those struggling to get assistance from the Department of Home Affairs after discovering she was fraudulently married to an unknown man.
This June it will be seven years since the centre closed its doors. It means that asylum seekers have to travel to either Durban, Pretoria, Musina or Port Elizabeth.
Residents will be able to access the digital facility for applications and collections of the new Smart ID card, passports and other services.
Allan Chada was diagnosed with the most common childhood cancer, Leukaemia, in May 2018.
The SAPS estimates that 9,000 illegal foreigners are detained every month, but it has no computerised system in place to confirm this.
In 2017, the court gave Parliament two years to amend immigration law to ensure illegal foreign nationals are brought before a court within 48 hours of arrest.
The company, formerly known as Bosasa, announced on Monday that it had opted for voluntary liquidation after banks announced they would close the company's accounts, citing reputational risk.
In December 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered the Home Affairs Department to open a new facility by the end of March 2018.
In the Western Cape alone, more than 23,000 people have not collected their IDs.
The department says traffic volumes are expected to increase again at border posts from Sunday.
