The department says the processing and collection of smart ID cards and passports has been affected as a result. 

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs is critical of the delay in concluding an investigation into the missing master files in a R400 million contract involving EOH.

This week’s National Tender Bulletin sees an increase in government procurement activity.

The telco says this is a convenient way to self-RICA, while observing COVID-19 lockdown social distancing requirements.

The department receives R1.9 billion over the medium-term, to continue with the modernisation programme of its systems.

The bank unveils the next phase of its digital banking security, which sees it introduce facial recognition authentication to its mobile app.

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

In 2020, the department will add China, India and Nigeria to its e-visas pilot, which is being tested in Kenya.

The IT agency admits challenges resulting in it failing to fix IT systems for government departments amid calls for it to be closed down.

Several government department Web sites on the gov.za domain remained offline for most of last night and into this morning, one year after a similar incident occurred.

The WhoYou app uses mobile biometric tech and algorithms to verify a person’s identity against the South African National Population Register.

The ministry pins its hopes on an automated biometric identification system, as it looks to fight identity theft and ID duplication.