Smart card to replace ID books

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 A pilot project to replace identity documents with smart cards will start in about six months time.

Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma showed off her own smart card to journalists on Wednesday ahead of her budget speech in Parliament.

She said the smart cards would go a long way towards stamping out corruption in the home affairs department.

Dlamini-Zuma said the card was still in the pilot phase, but that by the time it is rolled out, any technical and other hiccups would have been ironed out.