NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1567
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 21 June 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 22 of 2013
Mr S Mokgalapa (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
With reference to her reply to question 831 on 20 May 2013, (a) which
specific Departments were not ready to communicate with the Smart Card
system of her Department and (b) in what way was each Department not ready
in this regard?
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REPLY:
a) The Departments of Health, Social Development (South African Social
Security Agency) and Transport were not ready to communicate with the
Smart Card system of the Department of Home Affairs.
b) Departments who were interested to be part of the Smart Card needed
to provide information that can be incorporated into the card design.
This information was needed during the requirement definition phase
of the Smart Card in order to inform the design and capacity of the
chip and card. During that time of the conceptualisation of the card
and requirements definition, these Departments indicated non-
readiness with regard to any specific data to be included into the
card. With regard to the Department of Transport, it was decided not
to include its requirements into the Smart Card as the Smart ID Card
does not expire whilst a driverâs license expires after five years.