South Africa to get Smart IDs
South Africans should start seeing the new smart ID card by the end of 2009, as the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) reviews all its IT projects, director-general Mavuso Msimang says.
Speaking at a parliamentary media briefing yesterday, Msimang said the smart ID card system was being developed because the current green ID document had proven to be susceptible to being forged and tampered with.
“Last year, we issued a request for information from a number of potential suppliers so we could get an idea of the costs we were getting ourselves into. These RFIs have been evaluated and we should be issuing a request for proposals soon,” he said.
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