south african data collectors

They are data collectors for the south african government. ONLY in south africa they are asking for an south african 13 digits ID number when ordering. In NO other country, germany, nigeria, zimbabwe, france, US or anywhere else they are asking for any ID on checkout. This is **************!!!! I've complained about and they excused it with "customs clearance purpose" and "payment verification purpose" which is simply said just BS. Because shein have nothing to do with the local custom clearance process or even when checking out to payment gateway the ID verification is up to the payment gateway they are using and not up to SHEIN. They are losing out on so many potential customers!! Because in south africa, there are so many different people with different Identification status and Papers and maybe also just short term for work and obviously they don't have or get an south african ID. This is simply just data collection from shein for the south african government. And then I get the answer from them "if you are not a South African, kindly check with the South African government for the document that you may acquire or at least be as good as the South African identity number that you may use. Unfortunately, a passport is not sufficient. Another option for this is to use a family or friend's SHEIN account registered on the South Africa website to order. If none, apologies as we suggest ordering to a different website." WOW