Great service from South African Home affairs at Paarl

This morning Graham and I stopped in at the Paarl department of home affairs in Castle street Paarl to get our passports renewed. I've been doing so much travelling that my current passport is full, so I have needed to get a new 'maxi' passport to have enough space for visas and stamps for the trips that I have ahead of me.

Many tell horror stories of a lack of service and poor treatment at Departments of Home Affairs in South Africa. My experience was so different! The atmosphere was pleasant, the civil servants were courteous and helpful, and I was in and out of there in under 30 minutes.

Wonderful!