UNgqongqoshe wezaseKhaya uDkt Leon Schreiber umemezele ukuthi uMnyango uzoyeka ngokuphelele ukukhiqiza ama-Green ID Books ngo-31 Mashi 2027.
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Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abasasebenzisa i-Green Barcoded ID Book sebenikezwe isikhathi sokuthi bashintshele kwi-Smart ID Card, njengoba uMnyango wezaseKhaya usuqinisekise uhlelo lokuyiqeda ngokuphelele le-ID endala.
UNgqongqoshe wezaseKhaya uDkt Leon Schreiber umemezele ukuthi uMnyango uzoyeka ngokuphelele ukukhiqiza ama-Green ID Books ngo-31 Mashi 2027. Imishini esetshenziswa ukuwakhiqiza izovalwa futhi iyekiswe ukusebenza. Ngemuva kwalokho, abantu abasasebenzisa le-ID bazonikezwa ezinye izinyanga eziyi-12 ukuthi bashintshele kwi-Smart ID. Kusukela ngo-31 Mashi 2028, i-Green ID Book ngeke isamukelwa njengomazisi osemthethweni.
Abantu abangu-14.7 million basasebenzisa i-Green ID
Ngokwezibalo ezikhishwe yiHome Affairs, abantu baseNingizimu Afrika kanye nama-permanent residents abangaba ngu-14.7 million basenayo i-Green ID Book kuphela. Lesi sibalo sehle sisuka ku-16 million ngenxa yokwanda kwabantu asebeshintshela kuma-Smart ID.
U-Schreiber uthe esinye sezizathu ezinkulu zokuyiqeda i-Green ID Book wukuthi le ncwadi yephepha isengozini enkulu yokukhwabanisa nokwebiwa kobunikazi (identity theft), ikakhulukazi ngenxa yesithombe sayo esinamathiselwa ngaphakathi
🗳️ Ungavota ngayo okhethweni lwango-2026?
Yebo. Lolu shintsho aluthinti ukhetho lwango-2026. U-Schreiber ukuqinisekisile ukuthi i-Green ID Book isasebenza njengomazisi osemthethweni futhi abantu abanayo basengayisebenzisa ukuvota. Ukuphela kokwamukelwa kwayo kuhlelelwe u-31 Mashi 2028.
Lokhu kubalulekile kubavoti njengoba iNingizimu Afrika ilungiselela ukhetho lohulumeni basekhaya lwango-4 Novemba 2026.
🏦 Sekulula ukuthola i-Smart ID
IHome Affairs ithi ukwandiswa kwezinsiza emabhange sekusiza ukunciphisa imigqa emahhovisi ayo. U-Schreiber uthe amagatsha amabhange angu-515 asejoyine uhlelo, kanti abantu abangaphezu kuka-822 000 sebesebenzise le ndlela. Amabhange abambe iqhaza ahlanganisa iStandard Bank, Capitec, Absa neFNB.
Abantu bangahlola izindawo ezihlinzeka ngezinsiza ze-Smart ID ngokusebenzisa uhlu olusemthethweni lweHome Affairs.
Abafaka isicelo sikamazisi okokuqala kanye nabantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-60 bazoqhubeka nokungayikhokhi imali yesicelo se-Smart ID. Ngaphambi kuka-31 Mashi 2027, uMnyango uthi uhlose nokwenza ama-Smart ID atholakale kuwo wonke amaqembu afanelekile abekade engakwazi ukuwathola.
📌 KUFANELE WENZENI?
Abantu abane-Green ID Book akudingeki bethuke noma bayilahle manje — isasebenza. Kodwa kungcono ukungawulindi uMashi 2028. Uma usukwazi ukuthola i-Smart ID, ungaqala inqubo kusenesikhathi ukuze ugweme ukuminyana kwabantu njengoba umnqamulajuqu usondela.
Umbuzo kubafundi: 🪪 INGABE WENA USASEBENZISA I-GREEN ID BOOK NOMA USUNAYO I-SMART ID CARD?
