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South Africa: Undocumented Children Are Entitled to Basic Education
New Frame, 19 September 2019
Advocates for learners without birth certificates who have been barred from schools argue that the state is punishing them for circumstances beyond their control. Read more »
Undocumented Children Win Right to Education in South Africa
A landmark decision by the Makhanda High Court has found that Clauses 15 and 21 of the school Admission Policy for Ordinary Public Schools of 1998 are unconstitutional and that learners without birth certificates should not be barred from receiving basic schooling.
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South Africa: Basic Education On High Court Judgment Regarding Undocumented Learners
Govt of SA, 12 December 2019
The Department of Basic Education has noted the judgement by the High Court in the Eastern Cape regarding the matter involving undocumented learners. Read more »
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South Africa: Picket for Children's Rights Outside Home Affairs Office
GroundUp, 10 December 2019
About 40 people from several civil society organisations picketed outside the Department of Home Affairs in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning to protest against the denial of rights… Read more »
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South Africa: Attending School While Undocumented
Daily Maverick, 18 September 2019
A case to be heard in the High Court in Makhanda will substantially impact on nearly a million learners inside and on the peripheries of the South African public school system. Read more »
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South Africa: #getchildrenintoschool - Landmark Education Case Will Have an Impact On Undocumented Learners
Daily Maverick, 19 September 2019
Education is a transformative and empowering right, and no jurisdiction limits access to education based on a child's immigration status, an Eastern Cape court heard. Read more »
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South Africa: No Papers, No Rights - the Plight of Undocumented Foreign Children
Daily Maverick, 7 August 2019
Without documentation, non-national children in South Africa are denied access to basic human rights. But with an inefficient asylum system in South Africa, the issues seem set to… Read more »
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South Africa: Migrant Children Entering SA Run the Risk of Being Stateless - Survey
News24Wire, 7 July 2019
"I am Mbalenhle and I don't exist. I'm stateless. Sometimes to be undocumented I think is a curse. Your life is just stuck in a one-way. You can't even move on with your life." Read more »
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South Africa: Schools Cannot Threaten, Detain Children Over Missing Documents - Rights Group
News24Wire, 1 March 2017
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) has urged the departments of home affairs and basic education to issue an urgent directive telling schools that they are not allowed to reject or… Read more »
