16 September 2014
Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba on
Monday said so far the department has managed to open 70 offices across the
country dedicated to Smart ID cards.
The department is planning to open 70 more
during this financial year. Minister
Gigaba opened a Smart ID office at Maponya Mall in Soweto
He said by the end of this month 30 more offices dedicated to smart ID cards will be opened across the country.
“At the present moment only 16 year-olds
first time applicants and those who are 60 years and above have been asked to
come forward apply for their documents and their applications are free of
charge.” Gigaba added.
Meanwhile Minister Gigaba urged people to
collect their ID cards as soon as they become available.
He said at the present moment about
92 000 cards have not been collected across the country.
Minister Gigaba said more will still be
done with the ID cards to offer a more integrated government service.
Gigaba also said in the next five or ten
years we will be using this ID card for a lot of other services from national
health insurance to driver’s licences to social security and even students
cards at Universities, It can carry all of those applications.
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