This system, promised nationwide in 2014 is a farce. As Permanent Resident but non South African citizen all my biometrics are held already online by DHA, the bank uses those biometrics confirm my SA identity but I can't get a Smart ID because I am non South African. Why? Everything I needed...
The system only works if you either South African or hold full citizenship. If you registered as a Non South African, despite all your biometrics being exactly the same, your old ID book exactly the same except the dreaded Non word in citizenship it's queue up time at Home Affairs just to be...