The process aimed at replacing South Africa's green identity documents with sophisticated smart cards similar to credit cards, has been put on hold for now. Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says controversies had arisen regarding a suitable model for the smart ID card and Cabinet is still to make a decision. The smart ID card is part of the Home Affairs National Identification System, or Hanis, aimed at converting the manual identification systems to a technology-based one. Conceived in 1993, Hanis includes the automated fingerprint identification system.
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