Federal officials are looking to outsource the IT infrastructure that’s needed to support a planned smart-card system for authenticating employees governmentwide. And the outsourcing plan makes sense, ...

As the debate over a national personal identification system intensifies in the wake of Sept. 11, the smart card industry is gearing up a campaign to make sure its chip-based technology is the leading ...

Within seven months of signing up to the Home Affairs digital partnership, Capitec’s smart ID card services have been rolled out to 76 bank branches.

Several federal agencies said they will meet an Oct. 27 deadline for starting to issue smart ID cards to workers, but some of the initial rollouts will involve only a small number of cards. Several ...

Brex reports that smart cards, used in various sectors, feature embedded chips for secure transactions and spend management, ...

Minister Malusi Gigaba continues to deny that there is no breach of security within the Smart ID Card system. This is despite a statement previously made by the Gauteng Provincial Manager of Home ...

Anyone applying for a SA smart ID card in 2026 needs to know the latest updated processes and services at Home Affairs. Under the leadership of Minister Schreiber, the department hopes to go paperless ...

South Africans with green ID books can now obtain Smart IDs in minutes at 146 bank branches, reducing fraud risk and ...