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South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates

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116 points mooreds | 1 comments | 14 Oct 25 01:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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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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1. 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.