The party claims children are assumed to be illegal immigrants and forced to try prove they are South Africans, including by way of DNA tests.
The Democratic Alliance says that the department of home affairs could be denying as much as 1 in 5 South African children an education.
He cited examples, such as a girl whose mother passed away and father being untraceable. She has reportedly been sent from pillar to post by home affairs to prove she is South African and to get a birth certificate.He said there had been cases of children forced to have unaffordable DNA tests to prove they were South African.
“This does not stop the schools from rejecting undocumented children, many of whom are in fact South African children who never had an opportunity to receive their documentation. It simply demonstrates a complete lack of empathy for their plight,” Roos continues in the statement.The DA wants the department of home affairs to issue a circular clearly stating that children cannot be denied access to basic education due to a lack of documentation.
“The South African Human Rights Commission furthermore states that the vast majority of learners adversely impacted by a lack of documentation are poor black learners from predominantly rural areas,” said Roos.
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