Man gets ID after 25-year wait for birth certificate

Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Years after Tebogo Khoza was refused an identity document, a high court judgment has restored his rights and offered hope to millions of other undocumented South Africans.

Born at the edge of the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, Khoza was about six years old when his HIV-positive mother travelled to Limpopo to seek treatment from a sangoma. When she had not returned after some weeks, he went with his grandmother to the sangoma’s house, only to find that his mother had died. Never having known his father, and unwilling to return to Mpumalanga without his mother, Khoza was taken to a children’s home.

“They even took me to the Swazi border but, when we got there, the border guards could tell from my immunisation scars that I was from South Africa,” he recalls. When Khoza met his girlfriend, his stateless status meant their marriage could not be officially certified, and when the couple had a son, Junior, Khoza’s name could not be added to the child’s birth certificate. He felt that, in the eyes of the law, he was invisible.Around the world, millions of people are denied a nationality. As a result, they often cannot go to school; get healthcare and a job; open a bank account; buy a house or get married.

Khoza hopes that his case will provide hope for others in South Africa, where, according to the World Bank, it is estimated that up to 15.3 million people are undocumented.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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