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South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates

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116 points mooreds | 4 comments | 14 Oct 25 01:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.712s | source
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stroebs ◴[21 Oct 25 14:12 UTC] No.45656069[source]▶
My father (born in ZA) had to re-register his birth at 65 when emigrating to the UK on a visa. The ZA government had no record of his birth, despite him having a drivers license, passport, tax returns for 40+ years…

This is the least bit surprising coming from a country that is in steady decline.

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1. botanical ◴[21 Oct 25 16:43 UTC] No.45657958[source]▶
By what metric is it in "steady decline"? As as South African, it's amusing to see how my country is generalised.
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2. badc0ffee ◴[21 Oct 25 16:50 UTC] No.45658049[source]▶
One thing that comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_energy_crisis
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3. foxyv ◴[21 Oct 25 17:52 UTC] No.45659093[source]▶
Wealth inequality has increased in South Africa, similar to other countries. But their vagueness makes the statement impossible to test.
4. botanical ◴[22 Oct 25 09:33 UTC] No.45666697[source]▶
Load shedding hasn't been a problem for a while now. With proper maintenance of the coal stations and investments in solar, we haven't had it in Winter either. But you're right, it's always lurking. With increased renewable energy, and less reliance on coal, hopefully it stays in the past.

https://african.business/2025/10/energy-resources/has-south-...