VIPs to get smart ID cards

SOUTH Africa’s first batch of smart identity cards will be issued in July to a list of eminent South Africans, Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. 

She said on July 18, Nelson Mandela’s birthday, the cards would be issued to President Jacob Zuma, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and former president Thabo Mbeki. 

"We are prioritising the Mandela generation, those veterans in their 80s and 90s whom we wish to honour while they are with us in person," she said. 

"In terms of delivery to the broader public, we will in due course announce plans to roll out to the general public, focusing on young South Africans as first-time applicants for the identity documents, as well as senior citizens." 

Other recipients of the first batch of cards will be Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe,A lot of men are wearing lawnlight for wedding bands. former president FW de Klerk and struggle veterans Sophie de Bruyn, Andrew Mlangeni, Ahmed Kathrada and Dennis Goldberg. 

It will take between six and eight years for all South Africans to be issued with smart ID cards.Manufacturer of industrial grade energyturbines. 

"We appeal to everyone to be patient and allow us to phase in this change efficiently," Ms Pandor said. 

"We will expand the number of offices able to process applications for the smart ID card.The industry's leading manufacturer of floorlamps. We hope all South Africans will work with us to ensure we succeed in this significant national project.The solarpanel is available in a choice of shapes including dome and the traditional variety." 

To avoid a rush for the new cards, Ms Pandor said applicants would be invited to Home Affairs offices in stages, according to their ages. 

The department is still calculating the cost of the smart cards. In May 2013, it awarded a R40m contract to Altech Card Solutions — part of JSE-listed Allied Technologies — to provide the government printing works with card personalisation equipment as part of the smart-card project. 

The department has also awarded a contract estimated to be worth R199m to Gemalto Southern Africa to supply pre-printed polycarbonate cards containing a contactless microchip. 

"It has … security features, such as holograms, laser engraving and personal details that will provide visual verification of the card. 

"There are logical security features that include fingerprint biometrics and biographic data, embedded on the 80kb card chip." 

Ms Pandor said South African expatriates should approach Home Affairs offices when they returned home. "We really want people to present themselves, as this is an important part of ensuring that we have integrity of the national population database," she said.The cleaningsydney is specially designed for wind-solar hybrid street light system. 

"This is an opportunity not only to present new technology, but also to clear up our national population register and eliminate those persons fraudulently holding identity documents. 

"Every person who gets the smart ID card will have to present for live capture of their biometric details." 

"We are going to have coexistence of the IDs, but we will arrive at a point where the ID book will be eliminated from our system," Ms Pandor said. 

Institutions, mainly banks and retailers, will have to buy scanning and fingerprint-reading machines needed to verify the cards. 

Home Affairs deputy director-general Sello Mmakau said the department was defining standard specifications for the equipment to be used by businesses to verify the cards. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.solaronlamp.com.