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Eleni C

1 reviews | Active since Apr 2009

17 Jun 2015, 10:27

Legally adopted children denied ID numbers

After 10 applications having been submitted to Home Affairs, I still do not have an ID number for my child. Aaron Ramudumo, Director of Births, Deaths and Marriages does not respond to phone calls, email or SMSs. He is treating the public, who are the purpose of his job and are in fact paying his salary, with utter disrespect. To quote Liesl Muller from Lawyers for Human Rights, \South Africa has a duty to prevent statelessness and to provide children born in its territory with a name and a nationality from birth. This responsibility is in line with the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and other international law and standards. Our own Constitution entrenches this basic right and the state's responsibility to protect it."<br> <br> Please could we rid our public services of officials who do in fact NOT serve the public."""

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