City of Cape Town and Home Affairs team up to improve access to government services [SOUND]

# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomes the opening of a new appointment-only Home Affairs office at the Civic Centre in the CBD. Residents can now apply for essential documents such as IDs and passports at the facility, which aims to make government services more accessible and ease pressure on busy Home Affairs branches. Hill-Lewis says the office is an example of effective collaboration between national and local government: