Pretoria - Cabinet ministers and premiers today applied for the new smart ID cards at the Home Affairs' Byron Place offices in Pretoria. Their application for the new smart ID cards -- which will replace the green bar-coded ID book -- follows the opening of three Home Affairs offices on Tuesday. The offices in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town were renovated to be able to accept applications for the smart ID cards. The opening of the three offices is part of the national plan by the …
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Home Affairs issues smart IDs to the elderly
Pretoria - "I feel very proud to receive my new ID," 102-year-old gogo Esther Mabitsela said upon receiving her new smart card ID. Mabitsela is among the elderly persons who received their smart ID card from Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor on Tuesday. She joined a list of eminent South Africans who have already received their smart IDs, including former President Nelson Mandela, President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. The handover of Mabitsela and several …