Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says turnaround times for smart ID cards and passports were cut down by 66.7% in 2025, and people will soon be able to apply for a smart ID in as little as three ...

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has set a new all-time record by issuing more than four million Smart ID Cards in a single year, marking the highest delivery rate in the department’s history.

Home affairs says 1.4 million eligible South Africans and lawful permanent residents will be able to apply for smart ID cards. (Photograph by DHA) Starting today, 1.4 million naturalised citizens and ...

The Department of Home Affairs launched smart IDs in July 2013. However, over a decade later, only about 21 million South ...

The department of home affairs issued a record 4,002,964 smart ID cards in 2025, marking the highest annual delivery rate in its history. The figure represents a 17% increase on the 3,427,468 smart ...

Capitec came out tops with a SITEisfaction score of 71 (image: file) Capitec officially launched its in-branch Smart ID service in partnership with the Department of Home Affairs, introducing ...