South Africa Identity Number View

SouthAfricaIdentityNumberView is a headless read-only display of South Africa's South African Identity Number, South Africa's government-issued personal identifier. It renders as a <span> with an accessible label. It is the read-only companion to SouthAfricaIdentityNumberInput.

Status: beta — implemented and unit-tested in all seven frameworks; not yet exercised in a composed flow.

Implementation Notes

• Renders as <span>
• Format: Thirteen digits in the form YYMMDDSSSSCAZ: the first six encode date of birth; the next four encode sex (0000-4999 female, 5000-9999 male); the eleventh digit encodes citizenship status (0 citizen, 1 permanent resident, 2 refugee); the twelfth is a legacy field fixed at 8 on modern cards; the thirteenth is a Luhn (Modulus-10) check digit over the preceding twelve.
• Provides accessible name via the label prop
• Companion to SouthAfricaIdentityNumberInput

Props

• value: string (default: "") — the identifier to display
• label: string (required) — accessible label via aria-label
• ...restProps: any — additional HTML attributes spread onto the <span>

Usage

<SummaryList>
  <SummaryListItem term="South African Identity Number">
    <SouthAfricaIdentityNumberView label="South African Identity Number" value={value} />
  </SummaryListItem>
</SummaryList>

ARIA

• aria-label={label} — provides the accessible name

When to Use

• Use to display a stored South Africa South African Identity Number read-only.
• Use in summary lists, patient records, audit logs, or detail views.
• Use when the identifier should not be editable in the current context.

When Not to Use

• Do not use for editing identifiers — use south-africa-identity-number-input instead.
• Do not use for general text display — use a <span> directly.
• Do not use for other countries' identifiers — use the corresponding country-specific view.

Headless

This headless component ships zero CSS. The consumer provides all styling targeting the .south-africa-identity-number-view class hook.

Testing

• Verify renders a <span> with the correct class
• Verify the value prop is rendered as text content
• Verify aria-label is set from the label prop

Domain Knowledge

Thirteen digits in the form YYMMDDSSSSCAZ: the first six encode date of birth; the next four encode sex (0000-4999 female, 5000-9999 male); the eleventh digit encodes citizenship status (0 citizen, 1 permanent resident, 2 refugee); the twelfth is a legacy field fixed at 8 on modern cards; the thirteenth is a Luhn (Modulus-10) check digit over the preceding twelve.

Where to find it: Printed on the South African Smart ID Card / green bar-coded ID book, and required to register for both public (NHI-track) and private medical aid schemes.

Related components

• south-africa-identity-number-input — an input for entering South Africa's South African Identity Number
• summary-list-item — one key-value pair in a summary list

References

• Wikipedia: South African identity card

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