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Smart ID cards not corruptible - home affairs minister

Source: Thulani Gqirana, News 24, 05/10/2015

Cape Town - The smart identification card remained the most secure
form of identification ever produced, Home Affairs Minister Malusi
Gigaba said.
He was responding to a DA parliamentary question.

DA MP Haniff Hoosen questioned whether the department had detected any
cases of fraud or corruption since the roll out of the new smart IDs
in South Africa and how and if the system could be infiltrated. The
minister assured the party the cards were "quite safe".

Roll out on the new smart IDs began last February and piloted at banks
in August 2015. The department said currently there had been no fraud
or corruption cases reported.

"The smart ID card remains the most highly secured form of
identification ever produced with sophisticated security features that
are not corruptible. No corruption cases have been detected during the
roll out of the smart ID card process. The department does not issue
fraudulent smart ID cards," the minister said in the reply published
on Monday.

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