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The High Court in Cape Town has declared key Home Affairs birth registration rules unconstitutional, creating a pathway for abandoned and orphaned adults to register their births while preventing officials from refusing to register children because their parents lack valid immigration documents.

The Children’s Institute alleges Home Affairs has failed for years to decide late birth registration applications, leaving more than 258 000 people caught in a growing backlog.

A South African father is unable to register his daughter as a citizen because officials require a DNA test.

More than 258 000 children and young adults are waiting years for birth certificates in South Africa.

The Western Cape High Court has ruled that fathers of children born outside marriage can be legally recognised without mandatory DNA testing.