New SA passport

Pretoria – A new South African passport with improved security features will be introduced next month, Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said yesterday.

The minister said the passports would be phased in. She would not divulge what the additional security measures were. “We (cabinet ministers) are equally ignorant of that fact. I am confident that the people who designed the passport know what they are doing.” It was hoped this would help stop the circulation of fraudulent passports. – Sapa