Senior South African officials have said that citizens travelling abroad will now be exempt from a new biometric system being implemented at the country's international airports.Last week, Biometric data capture for all foreign arrivals began at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.However, the system was blamed for delays at the airport.Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said: “Even as we introduced the systems, we did not have sufficient personnel.”He added that South African travellers will no longer have to use the current biometric system.”To be able to navigate and resolve that problem, we are in the process of linking the movement control system with the national population register.”Gigaba says the new changes will speed up the process for local travellers.The minister says the biometric system is now working well and the flight delays have declined.
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