{
  "id": 11138186,
  "title": "Home affairs pulls the plug on the green ID book",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/home-affairs-pulls-the-plug-on-the-green-id-book",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T07:37:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/home-affairs-green-id-book-phase-out/286748/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Home affairs will stop producing the green ID book in March 2027, and it will cease to be valid ID on 31 March 2028.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}