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IDENTITY CRISIS: Late registration of birth applicants fight for documents 10 months after fire destroyed records

A fire at the Germiston Home Affairs office in August 2025 destroyed paper-based late registration of birth applications, forcing some individuals to restart the years-long process from scratch. The incident has highlighted how systemic inefficiencies and an undigitised filing backlog leaves many South Africans trapped in a cycle of legal invisibility.

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