Pay R4 if you want to use the toilet at Home Affairs

People visiting Home Affairs in Cofimvaba near Queenstown‚ Eastern Cape‚ say security guards force them to pay R4 if they need to use the toilet. If they don’t pay‚ they are told to “hold it in” or use an open field nearby to relieve themselves.

This “business” has been ongoing for years‚ say locals‚ and the price has kept rising.

When GroundUp  visited the offices‚ the toilets were locked. Two elderly women needed the toilet urgently. “First pay‚ then you can use the toilet‚” a security guard told one of them.

Nosebenzile Gwele‚ 62‚ from Mcungco village‚ said‚ “We are forced to use the open field if we do not have money to pay for the toilet. What is sad is that this is a government place and we are voters but we can’t use toilets for free. We are forced to pay.”

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