Home Affairs believes that transitioning from paper to secure digital documents will help reduce fraud and corruption within ...

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the department wants to eliminate green ID books in South Africa and make it easy ...

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has laid out big plans and targets for the rollout of Smart IDs in South Africa, with the ultimate aim of bidding farewell to the Green ID book in the next few ...

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This is holding back the project to declare South Africa’s old and insecure green ID books invalid, as Home Affairs can’t invalidate the venerable ID book until everyone can obtain a ...

Home Affairs addresses ‘technical constraints’ regarding 2025 SA smart ID card applications for permanent residents and ...

SA’s move toward a fully digital identification system has taken a major step forward after Home Affairs completed a ...

South Africa is one step closer to a fully digitalised identity document after the Department of Home Affairs announced much-needed upgrades to its digital verification system.

"This will enable us to eventually discontinue the green bar-coded ID book, which is far more prone to fraud than the Smart ID,” Schreiber said. Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber ...

The department said that this new rollout of extra locations is part of its long-term process to phase out green ID books. Last year, the Minister explained that the old green ID books are ...