Articles about eHomeAffairs

DHA still to issue 18m citizens with smart IDs

Home affairs targets a scaled-up partnership with bank branches, as it looks to halt production of green bar-coded ID booklets by year-end.

Home affairs enables more citizens to shift to smart IDs

From today,1.4 million naturalised citizens and lawful permanent residents can apply for smart ID cards at branches and via the eHomeAffairs portal.

Smart IDs pile up at home affairs offices

System downtime and long queues flagged among reasons for smart IDs piling up at home affairs branch offices.

FNB facilitates rollout of 400K smart IDs, passports

The bank issues 425 980 smart IDs and passports applied for via the eHomeAffairs online portal.

Home affairs IT systems feel load-shedding crunch

South Africa’s power supply crisis adds to the long-term, ongoing IT system downtime woes at the Department of Home Affairs.

Home affairs deploys tech to fight snaking queues

The department tells Parliament that an online appointment system is in the works, as part of the intervention strategies to reduce long queues at its branches.

FNB stands firm on the need for branches

First National Bank, the self-proclaimed ‘digital first’ bank, confirms plans to open an additional 50 new community branches by 2023.

Home affairs to resume smart ID, passport e-services

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi announces that online services for smart ID and passport applications will resume on 8 March.

FNB adds Limpopo to roll out smart IDs, passports

The bank expands the service for smart IDs and passports to its customers in Limpopo.

Home affairs Web site remains offline

The Department of Home Affairs is mum on when its official Web site will be back online, as downtime period reaches two weeks.

Home affairs portal goes offline

The Department of Home Affairs announces a brief time-out of its online applications tool, noting the service will be back up on Monday.

Ekurhuleni urges residents to collect smart IDs

The city calls on residents to collect their identity documents, as over 19 000 microchip-embedded cards gather dust at its home affairs office.