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=== South Africa === [[File:ZA Smart ID Front.png|right|thumb|100px|South African identity card]] [[File:ApartheidPopulationGroups.jpg|thumb|Explanation of identity number in a South African identity document during apartheid]] In [[South Africa]] every citizen must apply for an Identity Card from the age of 16 years. The ID number is already allocated at the time the birth certificate is generated and required for child passport applications. This passport-size document contains only 8 pages - the first page containing the national identification number (also in barcoded format), name of bearer, district or country of birth, as well as a photograph of the bearer. The other pages are used for recording of voting participation, a page for driver's license information (although it is no longer used since the introduction of [[plastic card]] type licenses), as well as pages for fire arms licenses (also plastic card type now). The card is required to apply for a passport, car learner's license (over 17), motorcycle learner's license (over 16), driving license (over 18), motorcycle license (over 16 or 18 depending on cc) and to vote (over 18). The Identity Card is not used for international travel purposes (a separate passport is issued) but usually is acceptable photographic identification for internal flights, and mainly serves as proof of identification. Some authorities may accept the driver's license as proof of identity, but the Identity Card is the only universally accepted form of identification. The government has started issuing ID cards which contains a biometric chip which, in turn, holds biographical information which is unique to the holder of that specific card. The South African government has since phased out the Green Barcoded Identity Card and replaced it with the plastic Smart Identity Card. The Identity number is also used when the holder applies for a grant from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). ====Validation==== A South African person identification number is a 13-digit number containing only numeric characters, and no whitespace, punctuation, or alpha characters. It is defined as YYMMDDGSSSCAZ: * YYMMDD represents the date of birth (DoB); * GSSS is a daily sequence number, where female newborns are assigned numbers starting with 0000 to 4999, male newborns from 5000 to 9999, and the sequence is reset each day; * C is citizenship status, with 0 if the person is a SA citizen and 1 if the person is a permanent resident; * A is 8 or 9, although prior to 1994 this number was used to indicate the holder's race; * Z is a checksum digit. As an example, the ID Number 500015009087 would be assigned to a citizen born on 5 July 1998, who was the tenth male to be registered that day (the first male's number would contain 5000, the second 5001, etc.) The checksum digit is calculated using the [[Luhn algorithm]]<ref>{{cite web|last=SML-FX.COM |title=SAIDValidator |url=http://xml-fx.com/services/SAIDValidator.aspx |access-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830163555/http://xml-fx.com/services/saidvalidator.aspx |archive-date=30 August 2011 }}</ref> or its equivalent, shown below: * X<sub>1</sub> = the sum of the digits in the ID number's odd positions (excluding Z) * X<sub>2</sub> = 2 multiplied by the concatenation of the digits in the ID number's even positions * X<sub>3</sub> = the sum of the digits in X<sub>2</sub> * X<sub>4</sub> = X<sub>1</sub> + X<sub>3</sub> * Z = the difference between 10 and the last digit of X<sub>4</sub> (X<sub>4</sub> mod 10) ====Racial classification==== During the apartheid era the next to last digit, "A", denoted "race". Since these documents were not then issued to the majority population, the "race" code does not include those classified as Black. i.e. 7605300675088 "A" Classification: * 0: White * 1: Cape Coloured * 2: Malay * 3: Griqua * 4: Chinese * 5: Indian * 6: Other Asian * 7: Other Coloured After about 1987, the racial classification was eliminated, and all existing numbers were reissued with new digits in the last two fields (AZ). ====HANIS==== In contrast to other countries the South African ID number is not unique, at least because of the use of a two-digit year. Other issues with duplications exist:<ref>{{cite web|author=Independent Newspapers Online |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_South%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20090307075303851C193702 |title=Durban man tells of identity number woes - South Africa | IOL News |publisher=IOL.co.za |date=2009-03-07 |access-date=2012-07-13}}</ref> however the Department of Home Affairs [[HANIS Project]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dha.gov.za/Hannis_project.asp |title= South African Department of Home Affairs|website=www.dha.gov.za |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621074538/http://www.dha.gov.za/Hannis_project.asp |archive-date=21 June 2009}}</ref> has planned to rectify that with ID smart cards. The timeline for that is undetermined as the last budget request for 08/09 and 09/10 included requests for budget for it<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pmg.org.za/report/20080604-department-home-affairs-budget-and-strategic-plan-200809-201011-and-b |title=Department of Home Affairs: Strategic Plan 2008β11 and Transformation Programme | Parliamentary Monitoring Group | Parliament of South Africa monitored |publisher=Pmg.org.za |date=2008-06-04 |access-date=2012-07-13 |archive-date=2012-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301144957/http://www.pmg.org.za/report/20080604-department-home-affairs-budget-and-strategic-plan-200809-201011-and-b |url-status=live }}</ref> despite the project being active since 1997.
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