The Minister of Home Affairs, Naledi Pandor, will on Thursday, 4 July 2013 brief members of the media on the Smart ID Card roll-out plan. Minister Pandor announced during her budget vote in Parliament in May 2013 that her department intended to issue out the Smart ID cards in July 2013.
Members of the media invited as follows:
Date: 4 July 2013
Time: 10h00
Venue: GCIS Tshedimosetso House, Corner Francis Baard and Festival Streets, Hatfield, Pretoria
NB: There’ll be a video link to GCIS Imbizo Media Centre, Parliament in Cape Town
Smart ID cards is a contactless card with a capability to accommodate information from various stakeholders. Its body is secure and durable, made of quality polycarbonate materials which will prevent potential tampering.
It will have two forms of security features, i.e.
- Physical security features on the card body, such as holograms, laser engraving of personal details, which will provide visual verification of the card and easily identify tampered cards
- Logical security features which include, amongst others, fingerprints biometrics, biographic data embedded on the microchip.
RSVP:
Shadi Baloyi (Pretoria)
Cell: 076 946 7136
E-mail: shadib@gcis.gov.za
Loedfie Hendrikse ( Cape Town)
Cell: 082 670 4145
E-mail: Loedfieh@gcis.gov.za
Media enquiries:
Lunga Ngqengelele
Cell: 082 5660 446
E-mail: lunga.ngqengelele@dha.gov.za
