New ID cards will help keep fraudsters away [South Africa] / IOL, 15th Aug 2004

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20040815115028445C654537
Edwin Naidu
"In the wake of reports of the growing fraudulent use of identity documents and passports, the government is to fast-track the introduction of a new format for IDs and passports.

Within six months South Africans will have to begin applying for the new 'smart' ID card in a programme that will cost an estimated R1,5-billion.

Barry Gilder, the director-general in the department of home affairs, told The Sunday Independent that almost 30 million citizens will have to apply for new identity documents from next year. "