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Foster parents drown in tape

Source: Times Live, 13/04/2016

Foster parents drown in tape
11 April, 2016 – Times Live

It took Cape Town residents Steven Nicholson and his wife two years
and endless paperwork to get their adopted child's birth certificate.
When he adopted a second child it took another two years of hassling
the Department of Home Affairs to provide their child's birth certificate.
Nicholson, the director of the NGO Arise, which encourages adoptions
of children, realised that his experience was the norm.
Now his organisation is campaigning for Home Affairs Minister Malusi
Gigaba to standardise the process for changing an adopted child's name
and getting a birth certificate.
Without a birth certificate, he explained, it made it difficult to put
a child's name on a school or creche waiting list, or receive medical
treatment, or travel outside of South Africa.
Since the campaign began last week, frustrated adoptive parents have
shared their stories on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag
#Fixadoption SA.
When parents rename an adopted child, the child automatically gets a
new ID number as well as a birth certificate that includes the new
parents' names.
The application is made at home affairs after the adoption has been
approved by the courts and registered by the Department of Social
Development.
Jules Kynaston, a mother of three adopted children, took to Twitter to
get Gigaba to help her sort out the paperwork.
" Streamline the process from the start rather than deal with issues
case by case," she said.

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