Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber has announced an inter-departmental agreement to speed up the rollout of smart IDs so South Africa can phase out the old green ID book. In the meantime ...

South Africa is the number one country on the continent ... we will make an official announcement on phasing out of the green ID book,” he added. South Africans weighed in on the news, with ...

“The green ID book is insecure and a risk to South Africa. We need to get rid of it. We can only do away with it if everyone has access to the alternative smart ID,” he said. “Our aim was 2. ...

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, used his keynote address at the Electronic Voting for South Africa conference ... discontinue the green bar-coded ID book, which is far more prone to ...