South Africa: No Birth Certificate, No Education - How Home Affairs Has Failed a Cape Town Family

19 October 2015
analysis

When other kids their age are at school learning, Thandeka Plaatjies, aged 10, helps her mother with chores and plays with her siblings - Thandiswa, age nine, and Luthando, age seven - outside their home in Westlake township.

They live with their parents, Brenda Plaatjies and Thamsanqa Nziweni. They have never set foot in a classroom and can barely write.

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