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Ensuring the elderly are not left behind
Daily News
|June 12, 2026
THE GREEN ID book’ days are clearly numbered.
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Home Affairs has made no secret of its intention to eventually replace it with Smart IDs as South Africa moves towards a more secure identity system. Few would argue with that goal. Fraud remains a problem and technology has moved on.
But before government starts talking about the end of the green ID book, it needs to answer a simple question.
This story is from the June 12, 2026 edition of Daily News.
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Ensuring the elderly are not left behind
THE GREEN ID book’ days are clearly numbered.
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June 12, 2026
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