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In limbo: Vusi and his twin, Mandla, flanked by their mother Alina Ndlovu, have been to three home affairs department offices to try to get documentation stating that they were born in South Africa. They and other young people have written to the Human Rights Commission for help. Photos: Tumelo Dibakwane
FOSTER MOHALE

Born in but stateless in South Africa

Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates

  • Masoka Dube
8 min read