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South Africa: Centurion Home Affairs Office Relocated to Centurion Mall

The Department of Home Affairs will from today relocate its Centurion office to Centurion Mall, with the new office opening to the public on Monday.
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South Africa: Teen Can't Get Smart ID Because System Won't Accept Click Sounds in His Name

Lesle Jansen says her son !Khūboab Lawrence cannot get a smart ID because the system does not process the special characters in his name. The characters are click sounds used in Khoekhoegowab, the ...
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“Make Life Easy for Him”: Home Affairs Denies 18-Year-Old Smart ID Over “!” in Name, Mzansi React

An 18-year-old South African cannot receive his Smart ID after Home Affairs flagged special characters in his Khoi name, ...
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Teen can’t get smart ID because system won’t accept click sounds in his name

A Cape Town teenager cannot get a smart ID card because the Home Affairs system does not recognise the click sounds in his indigenous name.

Record-breaking year: Home Affairs issues 4 million smart ID cards

The Department of Home Affairs has achieved a historic milestone by issuing over 4 million Smart ID cards in 2025 - the ...

Home Affairs can’t give young man a smart ID because his name starts with

However, Home Affairs admitted that the current legacy system allows names captured on the NPR to be fully transmitted to the green ID book, but not to smart ID cards as yet. “The new live capture ...