South Africa’s New Smart ID Cards Personalized and Issued on Datacard Group’s Central Issuance Machines

Country Transitioning from Paper-Based ID Documents to Smart ID Cards to Help Improve Security and Efficiency in the Personalization and Issuance ProcessDatacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, today announced that the Government Printing Works in South Africa will be utilizing the Datacard® MX series card issuance and delivery systems for its new smart ID card program.   Replacing their current green bar-coded paper ID books, South Africans will be able to receive a smart ID card replacement in initially 27 locations throughout the country,