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South Africa urged to address biometric IDV hassles for social grant beneficiaries

Aug 8, 2024, 10:01 am EDT

The South African government has been called upon to take remedial action as beneficiaries have continued to decry hurdles involved…

Aug 6, 2024, 10:28 am EDT

A former South African Home Affairs Department staff who was involved in a racket that illegally issued the country’s biometric…

Jul 31, 2024, 5:32 pm EDT

An airport biometrics contract won by Idemia in South Africa is being challenged in court, with a former partner demanding…

Jul 22, 2024, 3:04 pm EDT

A Johannesburg-based company, Ren-Form, which supplied biometric hardware to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is not…

Jul 18, 2024, 11:09 am EDT

South Africa’s Home Affairs Department says it plans to issue at least 2.5 million smart ID cards with funds from…

Jun 4, 2024, 8:11 am EDT

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has published a national digital payments roadmap which proposes several novelties including the adoption…

Feb 12, 2024, 4:48 pm EST

The use of facial recognition technology for law enforcement has proven controversial, but not enough to deter authorities around the…

Jan 30, 2024, 12:10 pm EST

Inmates being held at correctional facilities across South Africa will from today undergo biometric voter registration ahead of the country’s…

Dec 19, 2023, 7:35 am EST

South Africa’s national statistics agency (Statistics South Africa, or Stats SA) has indicated that the rate of live birth registration…

Dec 15, 2023, 10:54 am EST

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (EC) has fixed February 3 and 4, 2024 as date for the final round…