NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 164
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 21 February 2014
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 1 of 2014
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(a) Which offices were equipped to issue smart identity cards as at 1
January 2014 and (b) how many smart identity cards have been issued to date
at each office respectively?
NW170E
REPLY:
a) The following offices were equipped with Live Capture for smart identity
cards as at 1 January 2014;
1. BLOEMFONTEIN
2. BISHO-KING WILLIAMS TOWN
3. DURBAN
4. JOHANNESBURG
5. CAPE TOWN
6. KIMBERLEY
7. NELSPRUIT
8. PIETERMARITZBURG
9. PORT ELIZABETH
10. PRETORIA
11. SOWETO
12. UMTATA
13. WITBANK
14. KURUMAN
15. MIDDELBURG
16. AKASIA
17. WYNBERG
An additional 11 offices were subsequently equipped after this date in
January 2014.
b) Below is the total number of Smart ID Cards issued per Office as at 21
February 2014
|Province |Total |
|GEORGE |1561 |
|CAPE TOWN |5605 |
|WYNBERG |1863 |
|Western Cape |9029 |
|JOHANNESBURG |9827 |
|PRETORIA |8531 |
|SOWETO |2630 |
|AKASIA |1602 |
|Gauteng |22590 |
|WELKOM |1687 |
|KROONSTAD |1436 |
|BLOEMFONTEIN |3514 |
|Free State |6637 |
|POLOKWANE-PIETERSBURG |1573 |
|JANE FURSE |1353 |
|TZANEEN |1859 |
|Limpopo |4785 |
|NELSPRUIT |1136 |
|WITBANK |1150 |
|MIDDELBURG |1205 |
|Mpumalanga |3491 |
|KIMBERLEY |2043 |
|UPINGTON |1426 |
|KURUMAN |997 |
|Northern Cape |4466 |
|BISHO-KING WILLIAMS |2944 |
|TOWN | |
|PORT ELIZABETH |3081 |
|UMTATA |2449 |
|Eastern Cape |8474 |
|KLERKSDORP |3265 |
|RUSTENBURG |2014 |
|POTCHEFSTROOM |2098 |
|North West |7377 |
|DURBAN |1991 |
|PIETERMARITZBURG |2156 |
|MTUBATUBA |698 |
|Kwa-Zulu Natal |4845 |