Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber demonstrated a working MyMzansi smartphone Digital ID in Johannesburg, showing QR verification and user-controlled data sharing linked to the population register.
Home Affairs showed a QR-coded, biometric Digital ID prototype. The minister says the Digital ID will sit alongside the Smart ID card; green ID booklet deadlines...
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber announced production of South Africa's green ID book will end on 31 March 2027 as part of a digital ID transformation.
Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber announced that the department will cancel more than 2,000 fraudulently obtained study visas following a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe...
Home Affairs to roll out voluntary digital IDs that live on smartphones The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is working on South African digital IDs that...
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has emerged with a decisive victory in its controversial move to hike identity verification fees, after a legal challenge against...
South Africa’s Digital Identity Era Is Finally Here South Africans have been waiting years for smoother, faster government services. From long queues at Home Affairs to...
Home Affairs Turns the Page: New Digital Portal Helps Thousands Reclaim Lost South African Citizenship A 30-year rule falls and a new digital era begins For...
The familiar green barcoded ID book, a staple of South African life for decades, is on its way to becoming a digital relic. The government is...
Green ID Books Still Dominate as Smart ID Rollout Stalls For millions of South Africans, the familiar green ID book remains a daily reality, even as...