Durban, Sep 3 - A South African man committed suicide after failing to get identity papers, BuaNews reported Thursday.

Douglas S'khumbuzo Mhlongo, 22, reportedly committed suicide after his urgent ID application papers were torn up by a Pinetown home affairs' official.

According to the department, the man was applying for an urgent ID so he could start a on a new job Monday but department officials refused to help him as they suspected him of being a foreign national.

He is believed to have subsequently committed suicide Friday night.

Home Minister Dlamini Zuma has dispatched a senior departmental delegation to visit the Home Affairs office in Pinetown to investigate circumstances leading to Mhlongo's suicide.