South Africa: Childbirth Will Now Be Registered Immediately

14 November 2004

Mafikeng — Newly born children at the Mafikeng Provincial Hospital are now poised to get birth certificates within hours after birth, thanks to the departments of home affairs and health.

Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba officially launched the Child Registration On-Line here yesterday.

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