New mothers in Johannesburg have expressed frustration at being unable to get their babies registered, due to either long queues or closed Home Affairs offices.
Mpho* visited the Randburg offices in the early hours of Thursday to help her sister register the birth of her three-month-old baby.Tebogo* was 17 years old and had not yet received her identity document when she gave birth.
“They turned her back on Monday and I decided to take leave from work and came to find out what’s the matter. What are we supposed to do with a child who’s not documented because the office doesn’t feel like helping my sister?They were told the birth certificate would not be processed on the day but Mpho had to argue for her niece to be registered. “I told them they would be liable if anything happened to the child because she’s undocumented. Only then they let her in.
Langa said it was against her culture to travel about with a child that had not turned three months old. But she was forced to travel as she needed to apply for a child support grant.
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