Home Affairs is on a mission to clean house, gazetting new stricter rules why a South African ID may be cancelled. Here’s more …
Following intense media scrutiny over the Chidimma Adetshina citizenship case, the Department of Home Affairs is getting strict on illegal IDs. Image: Miss SA/File/FotorFollowing intense media scrutiny over the Chidimma Adetshina citizenship case, the Department of Home Affairs is getting strict on illegal IDs. Image: Miss SA/File/Fotor
According to Home Affairs, these are the new reasons your South African ID may be cancelled or blocked in the future:A fraudulently obtained ID document. Ie. false statements/information was provided at issuance of the document. The action is a bid to reduce internal corruption and the number of fraudulent ID documents in circulation. These are often held by illegal immigrants in the country since the rightful ID holder passed away. Previously, biometric systems have flagged thousands of duplicate ID documents. Minister Schreiber has vowed to instigate a new culture of zero-tolerance towards corruption in his department.
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