{"id":250179,"date":"2023-02-16T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cabinet-approves-bills-for-public-comment\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:13:31","slug":"cabinet-approves-bills-for-public-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cabinet-approves-bills-for-public-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves Bills for public comment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cabinet has approved the One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) Bill, among others, for public comments.<\/p>\n

This was on Thursday confirmed by Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, during a Post Cabinet media briefing.<\/p>\n

He said the Bill follows approval of the OSBP Policy and its implementation strategy in March 2022.<\/p>\n

The Bill, he said, seeks to harmonise the movement of people and goods between South Africa\u2019s land ports of entry and its neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThis will alleviate current congestions at our land ports of entry for cross-border travellers and traders. These interventions are also key in the country\u2019s efforts in driving the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement\u201d.<\/p>\n

The agreements envisioned in the Bill, he said, will ensure that the processing of goods, vehicles and people is seamless and fast.<\/p>\n

The Bill also responds to relevant international legal instruments that relate to trade facilitation and movements of people and goods. <\/p>\n

National Identification and Registration Bill of 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n

In the same meeting, Cabinet approved the publication of the National Identification and Registration Bill of 2022 for public comments.<\/p>\n

This Bill gives effect to the Official Identity Management Policy and seeks to provide a single, inclusive and integrated digital national identification system for all people who live or have lived in the country.<\/p>\n

Gungubele said the draft Bill will provide for the compilation and maintenance of a population register for citizens and permanent residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt further provides for the creation of an identification data base for certain foreigners who sojourn temporarily in the country.  It also provides for a biometric National Identity System (NIS) that will enable a single view of a person by providing for particulars to be included in the population register and the identification database.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NIS will also be able to interface with other government and private sector identity systems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Both the OSBP Bill of 2022 and National Identification and Registration Bill of 2022 will be published in the Department of Home Affairs website: www.dha.gov.za<\/a><\/em>.  Members of the public are encouraged to submit written comments to the following address: The Director-General of Home Affairs, Private Bag X114, Pretoria, 0001. Tel: 012 406 4353. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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