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South Africa’s digital ID gets a targeted launch date | SA News

South Africa's digital ID gets a launch date

The department of home affairs has set a 31 March 2027 deadline to complete the hosting infrastructure for South Africa’s national digital identity system, with the full platform due to come online in 2027/2028. That is the first financial year in which citizens will be issued with verifiable digital credentials via a secure mobile wallet.

The timeline is set out in the department’s Annual Performance Plan for 2026/2027, signed off by home affairs minister Leon Schreiber and tabled in parliament on 30 March. The document provides the most detailed public blueprint yet for a project that President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed at the centre of government’s digital transformation agenda.

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