At its current rate of smart ID card production, it will be years before the Department of Home Affairs can invalidate South Africa’s green ID books.
South Africa’s green ID books will likely remain valid for years to come as the Department of Home Affairs isn’t issuing enough smart ID cards to wholly migrate to the newer technology.presented on Monday, 15 July 2024, deputy minister Njabulo Nzuza said the department wants to issue 2.5 million smart ID cards during the 2024/25 financial year.
“This is an increase of 7% compared with the 2,613,248 smart ID cards issued in 2022/23. This year we plan to issue a further 2.5 million Smart ID Cards.” He urged South Africans to apply for smart ID cards so they would not be left behind when the older format is invalidated.that the department hopes to phase out green ID books within the next two to three years.The DHA estimated that around 38 million ID books were in circulation in 2013 when the smart ID system was launched.Mavuso said roughly 26 million South Africans hold smart ID cards. He added that the plan was to phase out green ID books when the DHA reached 38 million smart ID cards.
Assuming that 50% of South Africans who have turned 16 since 2014 applied for smart ID cards, the roughly 5.5 million remaining would have been issued a green ID book.Between 500,000 and 600,000 South Africans passed away each year between 2013 and 2023, reducing the number of IDs in issue by up to 6.6 million over the past 11 years.
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