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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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returningfory2 ◴[21 Oct 25 16:27 UTC] No.45657783[source]▶
What is ZA? Zambia?
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ciconia ◴[21 Oct 25 16:36 UTC] No.45657880[source]▶
Zuid-Afrika, which means south Africa in Dutch. ZA remains the country's country code.
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koakuma-chan ◴[21 Oct 25 16:54 UTC] No.45658112[source]▶
South Africa is a country?
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1. antonvs ◴[21 Oct 25 20:52 UTC] No.45661539[source]▶
There are 54 countries in Africa. South Africa has the largest economy, followed by Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Morocco, and Kenya.