Schreiber calls for digital overhaul of home affairs

Paper-based systems must be replaced by “watertight” digital systems, the home affairs minister has said.

that create loopholes for corruption must be replaced by “watertight” digital systems, the home affairs minister has said.

“In other words, when things are paper based, when they are not being tracked, when they are not digital or online, there is just far too much space for people to exercise discretion and say, ‘If you pay me something, I will process it in the following way.’ That is why the really fundamental reform we need at home affairs is digital transformation.”

Home affairs has blocked many ID documents that are either suspected to be fraudulent or have been used in fraudulent activity. Many South Africans who are victims of fraud have been blocked as a consequence. Shreiber encouraged all those with blocked IDs to approach the department to help it “separate the real from the fake”.

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