Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni has defended an almost 100 percent hike in the price South Africans will have to pay for a passport, saying the increase was necessary given the new security features on passports. Apleni announced on Thursday that cost of a passport would rise from R190 to R400 from 1 April. Other increases will see the price of temporary identity certificates and re-issuing identity documents (ID) go from the current R20 to R140. Child passports will rise … [Read more...] about You Will Now Pay Almost Double for Your Passport

