By Johannah Malogadihlare
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has officially introduced a complete upgraded digital verification system to facilitate services that require South Africa’s identity document.
The verification system will speed up the identification process using biometric features like fingerprints and facial recognition against the National Population Register.
“This marks the most significant upgrade to the Home Affairs verification service since it was launched and will dramatically reduce waiting times whenever a client needs to verify their identity with the department to obtain a social grant or open a bank account,” Schreiber said in a statement.
The upgrade will improve service delivery while supporting economic growth in both the public and private sectors.
“When this vital Home Affairs system is down, slow, or littered with errors, it negatively impacts upon the ability of banks, insurance companies and other financial service providers to verify clients and conduct business,” he added.
Lately, the system
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