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Collaboration With Private Sector in Issuing IDs and Passports Welcomed

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the announcement that the Department of Home Affairs has expanded its digital banking partnerships as additional financial institutions have indicated that they will assist with issuing identity documents (IDs) and passports. Approximately 840 branches of Capitec, First National Bank, Absa, Discovery and Standard Bank are now involved in […]

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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the announcement that the Department of Home Affairs has expanded its digital banking partnerships as additional financial institutions have indicated that they will assist with issuing identity documents (IDs) and passports.

Approximately 840 branches of Capitec, First National Bank, Absa, Discovery and Standard Bank are now involved in this initiative. The Department has also invited more institutions to participate, including African Bank, Tyme Bank, Investec and Nedbank.

Last month in Parliament, the Freedom Front Plus expressed support for the private sector’s involvement in managing these services.

The party believes that this initiative will not only alleviate pressure on Home Affairs offices, but also ensure that people no longer have stand for hours in long queues at overcrowded departmental offices, waiting to be helped.

The Freedom Front Plus also drew Parliament’s attention to the situation at the Heidelberg office in Gauteng, about which the party received complaints pertaining to long queues of people disrupting traffic in the town’s streets, thereby jeopardising public safety.

The party is also aware of Gauteng residents who, due to overcrowded offices and long queues, travel to offices in rural Western Cape to obtain their smart IDs or renew their passports, because the service there is much more efficient.

The Freedom Front Plus hopes that these services will be fully implemented at all branches of financial institutions in South Africa by 2029, and that this will serve as an example for other government departments of how to collaborate with the private sector.

It will ultimately lead to more efficient service delivery for the people of South Africa.

FF+ Manifesto on Economic freedom: Promoting free-market principles and economic growth.

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