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ID fraud: ‘He is not my husband’

Source: Pretoria News, 07/09/2018


HOME Affairs records wrongfully indicate that Winnie Nkuna is married
with three children.
THE 31-year-old who was married without her consent said she was
bitter that somebody was still using her ID fraudulently.
Home Affairs records indicate that Winnie Nkuna has been married since
2015 to a man she doesn’t know and has three children with him.
But in real life, the Soshanguve resident has never been married and
has just two children.
In April, the Pretoria News reported that on finding out that she was
married and had three children, Nkuna immediately turned to Home
Affairs, but she has yet to be assisted.
Nkuna, who works as a security officer, said she was shocked to learn
that she was married when she had gone to renew her Securities
Industry Regulatory Authority certificate. She said she was informed
her ID had been cloned.
She said yesterday that when she last went to Home Affairs last month
to check on the progress she was told “it is in process”.
She recalled the day she found out: “It was in 2015 when I learnt that
I was married to a 67-year-old Thomas Mathebula. I had gone to renew
my certificate and when they took my fingerprints, the picture of the
woman who appeared on the system was not me.
“I immediately went to Home Affairs in Ga-Rankuwa to enquire.” There
she was advised to apply for the smart card ID, which she did, but the
card was not issued.
Nkuna, a security guard contracted to the City of Tshwane, said she
was informed that the department could not issue the ID card under her
surname because she was married.
The mother of two said she has been getting calls from retail stores
non-stop.
“I got calls from stores saying I had ordered something from them, and
that I will be receiving my order soon. The City is insourcing
contracted guards, but I can’t apply since I don’t have an ID.”
Departmental spokesperson Thabo Mokgola said the matter would be
resolved by the end of this week.


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