Ramaphosa: We will progressively discontinue green ID books to combat illegal immigration

Neptuner said:
Just set a final deadline date and stick to it. If any poor soul still doesnt have it by then, then they need to put their life on hold and go visit the 5 star Home Affairs accomodation for a day or two.
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Took them in total over two and a half years to issue my ID, during that time there wasn't a single instance where there wasn't a work around that prevented me from getting anything done, even with half the corporate world not accepting legally issued temporary ID's. and during that time, I only had one temporary ID which was a waste of money.
 
Other than the votes for jobs brigade (who I doubt bother) does anyone actually tune in to hear the lies of the head of the biggest mafia in the country?
 
Like that is the silver bullet that will magically fix things.
The governing party has gutted every kind of enforcement mechanism to stop all of this and now cries foul when people take matters into their own hands.
As we know with this guy, he's incapable of doing anything useful
 
Ramaphosa also said that government would close a loophole in a system that foreign nationals must use to register or buy vehicles in South Africa.

“We will end the abuse of the traffic registration number system, which is currently being used as a form of identification by many,” he said.

“The Department of Transport will issue new regulations to align with the identification laws of our country within the next 3 months.”
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Good - always misplacing mine. Hopefully they'll just let people use their passports (like they used to).
 
Goosfrabba said:
I'm doing the same. Tried to open an account via the App but hard no as I don't have the ID card, need go to branch. Need ID card to open account online, but also need Capitec account to do the ID card.

I do have an FNB and Nedbank branch option but getting a booking is impossible as nothing is ever available. So will head off to a Capitec branch to open the account there.
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Oh no! Was planning to do the same. Looks like I will have to go check out the interiors.
 
Lol, love the bait
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Green ID book to no longer be recognised in South Africa - Hypertext

While addressing the nation last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the DHA will set a date after which the green ID book will not be recognised.
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“As part of this effort, I will be sending envoys to a number of sister African countries to outline the measures that we are announcing this evening.
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Wonder how much this little holiday is going to cost us tax payers.
 
SA's illegal immigration problem to be solved by a smart piece of plastic.
Jirre that plastic is indeed smart.
 
Bad Ballie said:
Took them in total over two and a half years to issue my ID, during that time there wasn't a single instance where there wasn't a work around that prevented me from getting anything done, even with half the corporate world not accepting legally issued temporary ID's. and during that time, I only had one temporary ID which was a waste of money.
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Home Affairs sent my new ID to the wrong province with two follow ups they got it back within a month, which is not a benchmark, but hey I expected worse. I think they have a tough job with the current resources they have at their disposal, just sitting a day this place you would realise that there are a 100 things they can do better.

They seriously need to invest in employing more technical staff and support teams that can get rid of all these bottlenecks. Their current approach is very far from benchmarked customer centric service approaches, the moment you walk in you feel like: why can't they use the hundreds of thousands you give SARS yearly - to just improve the overall service of this department.
 
RedViking said:
So yes, it is still a massive issue for a big part of the population.
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There are many myBBers that live in ivory towers in cities and seemingly never leave their comfort zones, that will tell you you are lying. The same that pipe up every time cashless societies are mentioned.
Speedster said:
I have a green book. Il gladly get a card if DHA waives the fee
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Surely the first issue should be free?
Bad Ballie said:
Took them in total over two and a half years to issue my ID, during that time there wasn't a single instance where there wasn't a work around that prevented me from getting anything done, even with half the corporate world not accepting legally issued temporary ID's. and during that time, I only had one temporary ID which was a waste of money.
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I’m in a same boat regarding workarounds. Mostly my passport suffices, but recently the banks have started getting sticky about not accepting a passport if you are a South African - even though they can’t explain why. So I will probably have to face up to home affairs soon to sort this out
 
Zellephant said:
There are many myBBers that live in ivory towers in cities and seemingly never leave their comfort zones, that will tell you you are lying. The same that pipe up every time cashless societies are mentioned.

Surely the first issue should be free?

I’m in a same boat regarding workarounds. Mostly my passport suffices, but recently the banks have started getting sticky about not accepting a passport if you are a South African - even though they can’t explain why. So I will probably have to face up to home affairs soon to sort this out
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Unfortunately, a lot of places like Banks, think office policy trumps the law of the land, the downside is fighting them will require getting a court order which in most cases isn't worth the financial outlay unless you just want to make a point.
 
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