‘We sometimes sleep on an empty stomach’: Cape Town mother battles for ID documents

Nontandi Harmans, 40, from Mfuleni says she has spent her life without an identity document, while her three children have no birth certificates and cannot access the child support grant.

Dailyvoice Co Za

November 3, 2026South Africa

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A Cape Town mother says she has spent 40 years without a South African identity document, while her three children remain without birth certificates and cannot access child support grants.

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Published: November 3, 2026
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