{
  "id": 19480268,
  "title": "Home Affairs expands Smart ID replacement services to 753 bank branches",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/home-affairs-expands-smart-id-replacement-services-to-753-bank",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T10:16:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/ios/news/2026-11-11-home-affairs-expands-smart-id-replacement-services-to-753-bank-branches/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Home Affairs says more than one million South Africans have benefited from Smart ID replacement services at participating bank branches, with the department exceeding its 750-branch target ahead of schedule.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}