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Home Affairs confirms it’s sharing data with the SAPS �` this is the information that is being stored

Source: Biztech, 26/09/2018


Minister of home affairs, Malusi Gigaba, has confirmed that his
department’s information and communication technology system is
synchronised with the South African Police Service’s systems for
biometric identification.
In a recent parliamentary Q&A session, Gigaba said that the SAPS have
access to the National Identification System (HANIS) system via the
interface between Integrated Justice System (IJS) and the Department
of Home Affairs (DHA).
“The DHA has developed a ‘DHA-IJS hub’ used by the SAPS for
verification or identification of SAPS clients whose biometrics are
stored on HANIS,” he said.
“If the person of interest’s biometrics are stored in HANIS, the
following fields are returned as requested”:
• Name;
• Facial Image;
• Contact Information;
• Birth Date;
• Birth Country Code;
• Living Indicator;
• Death Date;
• Gender Code;
• Marital Status Code;
• Marital Type Code;
• Marriage Date;
• Person Identification;
• Residential Address;
• Postal Address.
New ABIS system
In May, Gigaba announced the launch of the Automated Biometric
Identification System (ABIS).
The new identification system will be powered by a sustainable
technology and will offer a single view of citizens across the life
cycle and their status change at various stages.
Home Affairs said that the ABIS will act as a fundamental baseline for
the broader National Identification System (HANIS) and will
consolidate South African and foreign nationals’ data into a single base.
“The grand plan seeks to integrate HANIS and the Automated Fingerprint
Identification System (AFIS) into an automated system through ABIS
with the capability to identify and verify people through
fingerprints, facial recognition and IRIS technology,” it said.
According to the department’s 2018/2019 annual performance plan, it
expects the AFIS data migration into ABIS to be completed within the
2018/19 financial year, with iris and palm-print recognition
capabilities beginning to come online by 2019/20.


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