One major concern was that South Africa’s green ID book was increasingly being used for identity theft and fraud. Smile ID’s 2024 Digital Identity Fraud report found that South Africa’s ...

Why South Africa ... out green ID books and reduce fraud. The Department is urging South Africans to transition to Smart ID cards, which offer enhanced security features. The green ID book ...

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 ...

The green ID booklet has been a staple of South ... ID book a target for identity fraud. A 2024 report from Smile ID found that the green ID booklet was the most targeted document in Africa ...

A new digital identity system will make the green ID book in South Africa obsolete. Speaking in his 2025 State of the Nation ...

It is good news for those South Africans still holding onto their ... that we will make an official announcement on the phasing out of the green ID book. In the meantime, if you are able to ...

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 ...

The Department of Home Affairs wants to phase out green barcoded ID books in South Africa to limit widespread ID fraud and identity theft. It warned South Africans who still use green ID books and ...

However, green barcoded ID books are still valid, and there is no hard deadline for them to be phased out. South Africa's green barcoded identity ... announce the final phasing out of the old green ID ...

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 ...

South Africa will also change from the green book to the smart card, which will be the same ID document for everyone legally resident in the country, with some distinguishing features. This will ...

South Africa's green ID book is the most defrauded in Africa and identity theft costs the country millions.