Minister Dr. Leon Schreiber Champions Digital Transformation for Modernized Home Affairs in South Africa

Minister Dr Leon Schreiber’s National Council of Provinces (NCOP) recently gave an executive statement on the digital transformation of home affairs for effective and efficient delivery of services to the public.

The work of the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa’s seventh democratic administration is guided by a crystal-clear apex priority.

With singular focus, we have identified as our primary goal the need to digitally transform this department, encapsulated in our vision statement to deliver Home Affairs @ home.

Make no mistake about it: the successful implementation of this vision has the potential to revolutionise government as we know it in South Africa.

I say this because of the centrality of Home Affairs to critical services in both the public and private sectors.

It would be little exaggeration to say that Home Affairs is the beating heart of the South African state.

– Dr. Leon Schreiber, Minister of Home Affairs, Republic of South Africa

He went on to talk about the positive effects of digital transformation on the efficient delivery of services.

Digital transformation that eradicates the use of paper, that records the biometrics of everyperson who wishes to enter this country, and that eliminates human discretion, holds the key to securing our borders and enforcing accountability for those who violate our immigration laws.

Digital transformation that automates and biometrically secures access to IDs and passports, holds the key to eliminating identity theft and erasing the value of fraudulent documents.

Digital transformation that empowers every citizen, as well as legal residents and tourists,with secure digital products that cannot be faked or stolen, holds the key to modernising every government service in South Africa.

– Dr. Leon Schreiber, Minister of Home Affairs, Republic of South Africa