# The DA has welcomed the Department of Home Affairs’ milestone of processing over 400-thousand Smart ID applications through its new Digital Partnership Model with the banking sector. Absa has now joined the likes of Capitec, Standard Bank and First National Bank, where South Africans can now access Smart ID services through a network of 296 participating bank branches across the country. The DA’s Adrian Roos says an identity document is a gateway to opportunity:
DA welcomes Home Affairs delivering 400,000 Smart IDs at bank branches [SOUND]
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