First published Oct 16, 2026, 11:04:15 AM UTC · Last updated Oct 16, 2026, 11:04:15 AM UTC

The end of the green ID book, but not the end its history!

The excerpt describes South Africa’s green barcoded identity book as both a tool of apartheid-era discrimination and a document used in the country’s first democratic election in 1994. It ends mid-sentence and does not explain the book’s current or future status.

Why it matters

The excerpt records the identity book’s contrasting roles in exclusion and democratic participation in South Africa.

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Categories: politics-and-governance

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