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Woman finally gets ID card after four-year struggle

Source: Pretoria News, 01/03/2019

Home Affairs records indicated that Nkuna had been married since 2015
to a man she didnâ€™t know and had three children with him.
But in real life, the Soshanguve resident has never been married and
has just two children.
In April last year, the Pretoria News reported that on finding out
that she was married and had three children, Nkuna immediately turned
to Home Affairs, but was sent from pillar to post for years.
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.
The 32-year-old was over the moon when the Pretoria News caught up
with her.
â€œI got my ID on Wednesday this week. Iâ€™m very excited because I can
now live a normal life.
`Iâ€™ve already opened a bank account using this new ID and I did not
have any problems.
â€œOne thing that stressed me most was that if they started insourcing
security guards I would not be one of those because my security
certificate would not be renewed,â€ she said.
She recalled the day she found out: â€œIt was in 2015 when I learnt
that I was married to 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.
â€œI immediately went to Home Affairs in Ga-Rankuwa to enquire.â€ T
here she was advised to apply for the smart card ID, which she did,
but the card was not issued.â€

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