The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

South Africa

Digital ID System

WIP

Smart Identity Card (Smart ID)

Governing entity: Ministry of Home Affairs
Status of implementation: Pilot
Legally binding redress mechanism: NA
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: NA
URL: https://www.thepresidency.gov.za
Last Updated: 01/03/26
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: NA
Codified digital ID legal status: NA
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NA
Relationship with feeder documents: NA
Terms of data storage and sharing available: NA
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: YES
Data handling terms exist: NA
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: YES
Enables KYC packet collection: NA
Authentication through government portal: NA
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: NO

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

PayShap

Payment system type: Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank/ Bank association
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2024- 2.8 B
Annual volume of transactions: 2024- 76 M
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2024- 10
Types of transactions supported: P2P, B2B
Type of settlement system: RTGS
URL: https://www.payshap.co.za
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: NA
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: YES
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: NA

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

Real Time Clearing (RTC)

Payment system type: Interbank payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central Bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2021- 57 B
Annual volume of transactions: 2021- 130 M
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2023- 33
Types of transactions supported: P2P, B2B
Type of settlement system: RTGS
URL: https://www.africanenda.org
Last Updated: 30/06/25
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: NA
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: NO
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: NA
AML Law: NA

Data Exchange System

DPI-like

SITA

Base technical architecture: ESB
Status of implementation: Active
Governing Entity: Government Information Technology Officer’s Council (GITOC) and SITA
Coordination unit: State Information Technology Agency (SITA)
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: Public
Ownership: Public
URL: https://www.sita.co.za
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Semantic interoperability: YES
Real-time sharing: YES
Scalable architecture: YES
Audit mechanism: YES
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: YES
Enrolment and participation information: YES
Used by more than one public entity: YES
Impact metrics: YES