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Three generations kept from school due to not having IDs

Source: Vryheid News, 23/05/2017

Three generations stuck at home unable to apply for anything not even
a basic education.

The Speaker of eDumbe Cllr ST Hlatshwayo with Siphiwe Ndwandwe Home
Affairs supervisor DB Kubheka and Mr M Mbatha from the eDumbe Head
Office. (Photo submitted)

THE importance of having an ID cannot be stressed enough as the
failure to have one can have an impact on more than ones life.

This is the lesson that was learned by 65 year old Siphiwe Cynthia
Ndwandwe from the Eskhaleni area in Paulpietersburg.

Miss Ndwandwe was identified by the Sukuma Sakhe group in eDumbe as a
member of the public who had never been in possession a birth
certificate let alone an ID.

â€œThis matter went on to have an impact on the lives of her four
daughters and six grandchildren as none of them could not obtain birth
certificates. None of her four daughters have been able to get jobs
nor were they able to apply for social grants because they had no IDs
said Bheki Kubheka who is the supervisor at the local Home Affairs
office.

Three generations stuck at home unable to apply for anything not even
a basic education.

Three months ago Siphiwe obtained her first ever birth certificate
through the help of Home Affairs.

Although the late birth registration process is an extremely difficult
one members of Sukuma Sakhe worked tirelessly to ensure that they
helped this woman and her family.

On Wednesday April 26 she was given her very first ID book.

With this having been done Sukuma Sakhe will set to work getting IDs
for Siphiwes children and thereafter her grand-children.

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