Happy Makondo was born in South Africa but has no birth certificate and no ID. He has passed matric but without an ID number on his matric certificate, he can’t get into university. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare/GroundUp
Civic organisation Save the Children is fighting for the rights of learners in Limpopo who passed matric but can’t study further.Many are the children of Mozambican immigrants. Though they were born in SA, they have no IDs.Without an ID number on their matric certificate, they battle to get into universities.
Happy Makondo was born in Louis Trichardt in 2002, of Mozambican parents. His mother Rose has been trying to get him a South African birth certificate and ID, without…