NATIONAL NEWS - The department of home affairs on Tuesday denied that it had said the country’s green, bar-coded identity document was being discontinued from March 2018.
“No such announcement has been made by the department. We wish to make it clear that the green barcoded ID book remains a legal form of identification and will continue to be until such time that the Live Capture System is rolled out to all Home Affairs offices to enable South Africans to apply for Smart ID cards at their nearest offices,” the department said.
The department’s statement did not say when the green book would discontinued.
Green ID book valid until further notice
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Posted on: 11:26 Tue, 21 November 2017
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