ALL SIM CARD OWNERS MUST SUBMIT DETAILS OR ELSE ...

EZULWINI – Stalkers, scammers and fraudsters, your time is up. As of yesterday, every SIM card holder is expected to register their personal details or face being deregistered from their telecommunications gadget, particularly cellphones.

This was revealed yesterday by the Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini, during the launch of the National Subscriber (SIM-Card) Registration Project held at the Sibane Hotel yesterday morning.
The project is called VELA which means ‘appear’ in siSwati.

Dlamini said the process of the subscriber registration was new to the country’s electronic sector and would appear unfamiliar to many.
“But it is an established measure in the business environment, and perhaps most easily comparable to the Know Your Customer (KYC) procedure in the banking sector, which requires personal details to support a customer’s bank account,” said Dlamini.

Process

He said the subscriber registration process for the SIM card was similar in nature and amounted to putting the face to the subscriber’s number.
Chief Executive at the Swaziland Communications Commission (SCCOM) Mvilawempi Dlamini said every subscriber to electronic communications services had to be registered and the operators had to ensure that all subscribers on their networks were registered.

Dlamini said the commission had determined that the national subscriber registration process should be completed within a period of 12 months as from yesterday and therefore the process should be concluded on or before April 4, 2019.
Meanwhile, SCCOM’s General Manager and Compliance Ozzie Thakatha revealed that Swazi nationals with either pre or post paid accounts, during the registration process, had to have national IDs or passports, and proof of physical address.

He said the address could come in the form of a lease agreement, rates certificate, utility bill or letter from owner of premises.
Local residents from the rural areas are also expected to have a letter from either Inkhundla or a chief should they not have any other form or evidence of proof of residence.
The SCCOM CEO also said they hoped that the registration process would be smooth and that the citizens would embrace it as the national initiative that it was.

“We ask Your Excellency and the entire government to encourage the nation to ensure that they are registered with their service providers to avoid de-activation from the network when the registration period lapses,” said the CEO.

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