The picture in Gupta pal Ashu Chawla’s South African ID book shows him wearing sunglasses. And yes, that is illegal.
Having a green ID book is so outdated, but the thought of going to Home Affairs is truly frightening. Well, best you check out the far simpler option.
The committee which will shepherd the Protection of State Information Bill through to the next stage of its approval process in the National Council of Provinces next year has been announced. Parliament has elected 15 ad hoc committee members, 10 of whom are from the ANC, two from the DA and one each from Cope, the ID and the IFP.
You may knowingly or unknowingly be one of five million South Africans who have two Identity Documents, even if you don’t want two. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said yesterday that they were able to determine this fact by checking the re-issue dates of documents. Simple, but brilliant.