Minister Pandor appeals to the public to collect uncollected smart ID cards

Loyiso Langeni
16 March 2014

Minister of Home Affairs Naledi Pandor has made an appeal to those who applied for a Smart ID Card to collect them. 

The department says since the roll-out of the cards in February this year a total of 100 000 smart ID cards applications have been received and processed. 

Minister Pandor said the department has been sending message to those who need to collect their cards at the nearest Home Affairs office. 

Departmental Spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said 100 000 smart ID cards processed only 58 715 have been collected with 41 285 uncollected smart ID’s in Home Affairs offices around the country.  

“Accordingly, we encourage those who have not collected their IDs to do so as a priority.

Similarly we advise all citizens who have applied for the new Smart ID cards to visit offices of application to collect them. In this context, we wish to inform the public that it takes 10 days only to process a smart ID card application and delivery to the applicant.” Mamoepa added.