South Africa to expand biometric border control system

Plans to upgrade and expand infrastructure providing biometric passenger checks at some of South Africa’s ports of entry by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) have been earmarked in the country’s 2023/2024 budget.

This disclosure was made recently by Thulani Mavuso, deputy director-general for institutional planning and support at the DHA as he updated members of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the project labelled Biometric Movement Control System (BMCS).

Tech publication ITWeb reports that during the committee meeting, …

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