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The South African National ID is South Africa’s national ID system that verifies citizen data against the official population registry. A tamper-resistant smart ID card is issued at age 16, and is compulsory for citizens and permanent residents; it serves as the primary identification document for government and private-sector transactions.

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Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of South Africa National ID among users in South Africa.

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Provider ID

This is the unique identifier for this digital ID provider in the GBG GO system.

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Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.

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Supported attributes

The following attributes are returned when South Africa National ID is used for identity verification:

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Always returned attributes

The following attributes are always returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

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Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.