Court case against Home Affairs on backlog in birth registrations heard in Western Cape High Court

    Earlier today, University of Cape Town’s Children’s Institute and a group of South African parents, represented by the Legal Resources Centre, were in the Western Cape High Court for the hearing of a birth registration case. This legal action is due to the severe delays in the processing of applications for birth registration.   GUEST: Paula Proudlock, Senior Researcher, Children’s Institute University of Cape Town