This is the latest example of the ANC’s sheer incompetence. How can a government agency not pay its phone bills? What will these stupid Black Economic Empowerment morons do while the phone lines are down? I suppose they will sit around doing nothing. The inordinately high salaries that government officials receive for doing virtually nothing continually amazes me. South Africa is a country where the electricity supply is unreliable, the traffic lights do not work, and the criminals roam free. I suppose not paying phone bills is the next step in South Africa continuing demise.]

Phone lines have been cut at East Rand home affairs offices - allegedly due to unpaid phone bills, a home affairs official said on Monday.

Regional home affairs manager for Springs Themba Ndebele said the lines had been out of order since last week.

“This is crisis point,” said Ndebele. “We can’t function.”

He said no-one could phone out, receive calls or fax at home affairs offices in Nigel, Brakpan, Benoni and Springs.

Nowadays home affairs seems to be a dysfunctional governmental department with or without telephones anyway. Corruption lack of skilled staff been the order of the day.