PRETORIA, South Africa (UNHCR) - When Omari Shabani became the first person to receive a refugee identity document (ID) in South Africa four years ago, he said he was "overwhelmed" and hoped it would ...

Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has warned that the green ID book is the single biggest fraud risk in South Africa.

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has given more detail on his plans to discontinue the green ID book in South Africa, ...

The Department of Home Affairs has announced that it will roll out various IT upgrades to its sytems and the eHomeAffairs ...

The end of an era is here as December 2025 will be the final month that SA will print new green ID books for the public.

The arrests took place on 23 July during two separate intelligence-driven operations targeting organised crime and document ...

The newly published research report, ‘Digital Identity - A South African Journey’, commissioned by BankservAfrica and conducted by PwC, maps out the uniquely South African Digital Identity story.