Currently, a total of 30 bank branches in South Africa offer smart IDs and passports services. The number of bank branches supporting these services is set to more than double in the near future, with another 34 bank branches being added to the list. Here are the details.
Another 34 bank branches to offer DHA services
According to MyBroadband, the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) has been facilitating discussions on public-private partnership (PPP) agreements between the banks and the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). BASA’s Head of Prudential Division, Mark Brits, stated that these agreements are close to being finalised.
FNB plans to have representation across all nine provinces in urban centres. Its current plan is to add 18 eHomeAffairs-enabled branches, taking its total tally to 25. The bank’s initial focus will be on provinces where it does not currently support the service.
Absa has an additional 12 branches currently ready for activation.
Nedbank confirmed expansion of its eHomeAffairs services, but did not give details about the branches it plans to add.
Discovery Bank plans to add four more locations in the following areas: Century City and Sea Point in the Western Cape, Pretoria in Gauteng, and Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal.
Markedly, Standard Bank seems to be taking a more conservative approach. The bank will only review its strategy once the PPP agreements are in place.
“We will need to validate the effectiveness of the operations over a period of six to 12 months, as well as the commercial viability of the PPP model, before we can decide on expansion to any further branches.”
Standard Bank South Africa’s head of personal and private banking, Kabelo Makeke
List of current branches offering passports and smart IDs
The tables below list all the bank branches currently offering passport and smart ID services.
Standard Bank
| Bank | Address |
| Standard Bank Canal Walk | Canal Walk Shopping Centre, Century Blvd, Cape Town |
| Standard Bank Centurion | Corner of Lenchen and Old Johannesburg Road, Centurion Lifestyle Centre |
| Standard Bank Jubilee Mall | Jubilee Mall, corner of Jubliee and Harry Gwala Road, Temba Hammanskraal |
| Standard Bank Kathu Mall | Village Walk Shopping Centre Kathu, Hendrik Van Eck Street, Postmasburg |
| Standard Bank Killarney Mall | Killarney Mall, Riviera Road, Killarney, Johannesburg |
| Standard Bank Kingsmead | 1 Kingsmead Way, Durban |
| Standard Bank Mitchell’s Plain Promenade | Corner of AZ Berman and Morgenster Road, Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town |
| Standard Bank Newton Park | 1 Pickering St Newton Park, Port Elizabeth |
| Standard Bank Simmonds Street | 5 Simmonds St, Selby, Johannesburg |
FNB
| Bank | Address |
| FNB Burgersfort | Twin City Complex, Dirk Winterbach Street, Burgersfort |
| FNB Centurion Lifestyle Centre | Corner of Lenchen and Old Johannesburg Road, Centurion Lifestyle Centre, Centurion |
| FNB Cornubia | Cornubia Boulevard, Corner of N2 Highway and M41, Durban |
| FNB Glen Shopping Centre | The Glen Shopping Centre, Glenvista, Johannesburg |
| FNB Greenpoint | Media Quarter, Somerset Road, Greenpoint, Cape Town |
| FNB Lynwood | Corner of Simon Vermooten and Lynnwood Road, Equestria, Pretoria |
| FNB Merchant Place | 4 Merchant Place, corner of Rivonia and Freedman Drive, Sandton |
Nedbank
| Bank | Address |
| Nedbank Arcadia | Nedbank Plaza, Beatrix Street, Arcadia |
| Nedbank Constantia Kloof | 16 Constantia Boulevard, Constantia Kloof, Roodepoort |
| Nedbank Durban North | 57 Adelaide Tambo Drive, Durban North |
| Nedbank Nelspruit | The Crossing Shopping Centre, corner of Samora Machel and Madiba Drive, Nelspruit |
| Nedbank Rivonia | 135 Rivonia Road, Sandown, Sandton |
| Nedbank St George’s Mall | Ascending House, Riebeek Street, Cape Town |
Absa
| Bank | Address |
| Absa Centurion Lifestyle Centre | Corner of Lenchen and Old Johannesburg Road, Centurion Lifestyle Centre, Centurion |
| Absa Key West Krugersdorp | Key West Shopping Centre, corner of Paardekraal Drive and Viljoen Street, Krugersdorp |
| Absa Port Elizabeth | 682 Corner of Bagshaw and Govan Mbeki Avenue, Port Elizabeth |
| Absa Sandton City | Corner of Rivonia Road and 5th Street, Sandton |
| Absa Stellenbosch | Oude Bloemhof Building, Corner of Plein and Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch |
| Absa Towers | Corner of Commissioner and Troye Street, Johannesburg |
Other
| Bank | Address |
| Discovery Bank Head Office | 1 Discovery Place, corner of Rivonia Road and Katherine Street, Sandton |
| Investec Bank Sandown | 100 Grayston Drive, Sandown, Sandton |
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