This podcast episode unpacks our Late Birth Registration Backlog case. Host Claire Rakin speaks with LRC attorney Cecile about why birth registration matters, what counts as late registration, and how delays at Home Affairs are shutting children out of school, health care and social services.
We represent the Children’s Institute together with eight individual applicants. The case asks the Court to address systemic delays, set fair and workable time frames, and ensure a process that recognises the realities many families face, including rural births, cultural practices, and parents who do not yet have documents. The Constitution protects every child’s right to a name and a nationality. Paperwork should not stand in the way of a child’s future.
This conversation explains the law in plain language, shares lived experiences from our clients, and sets out the relief we are seeking.
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