South Africa: High court orders Department of Home Affairs to register birth of stateless man after 10-year battle
Published: 1/Mar/2023
Source: Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
By Tamsin Metelerkamp
The Department of Home Affairs has been given 30 days to register the birth of Tebogo Khoza, a stateless man born in South Africa. The Pretoria high court found that since Khoza first attempted to have his birth and status as a South African citizen recognised in 2013, he had been sent from ‘pillar to post’ by the department — a situation that forced him to live in limbo.