# Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, is urging South Africans who still need their identity documents to apply now in preparation for the November local government elections. He is also appealing to the citizens who have not yet collected their IDs to do so as soon as possible. As of last month, the department had more than 370-thousand smart ID’s that remained uncollected. Schreiber says Home Affairs has dramatically expanded access by rolling out digitalised Smart ID services at over 450 bank branches in just five months.
Minister Schreiber urges citizens to apply for or collect their identity documents ahead of the elections