ID Smart Card

http://www.pmg.org.za/node/29273

QUESTION 883 / NW964E

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 11 March 2011

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 6 of 2011
Mr J J McGluwa (ID) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:



(a) With reference to her reply to question 923 on 25 May 2010, what progress has been made in respect of the programme to replace the Identity Document (ID) with the Smart Card and (b) when will this system be implemented?



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REPLY:



(a)        Due to its sophistication, the Smart Card system will be piloted for a few months towards the end of the 2011/12 financial year, before it can replace the current Identity Document (ID). Planning is in progress to ensure that infrastructure in front offices, like Live Capture functionality, is completed, prior to the Smart Card implementation.



(b)        The system is envisaged to be implemented, during the 2012/13 financial year, in a phased approached.