Smart Card Project

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QUESTION 1102 / NW1224E

DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 01 April 2011

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 10 of 2011
Mr M Mnqasela (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:



Whether her Department intended integrating the stalled Smart Card project with the system used by the Department of Transport; if not; why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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REPLY:



The Smart Card project for the Department of Home Affairs will be designed in such a way that it is scalable, and expandable to accommodate other Government Departments, or interested stakeholders, on condition that the security of the card will not be compromised.

ID Smart Card

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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.