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 ...

He told News24 that the green ID book is insecure and a risk to South Africa and that they urgently want to get rid of it. However, it is not simple. “We still have about 18 million people to reach.

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 ...

“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. ...

with the ultimate goal of moving away from the green ID book. The minister recently revealed that there are around 18 million South Africans who still need to get or get access to Smart IDs.