Single mothers can now apply for birth certificates in the absence of the babies' fathers, which was not possible in the past, the Home Affairs and Immigration Ministry has said.
Spokesperson, Salome Kambala, said in a telephonic interview yesterday that the ministry had problems with late registration of birth certificates because mothers could not apply for birth certificates of their children as the fathers were nowhere to be found.
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