Africa A Pretoria father has spent nine years trying to get his son a birth certificate 8 months ago The Front Page News A Pretoria father has spent nine years trying to get his son a birth certificate, highlighting how bureaucratic barriers leave thousands of South African children undocumented and vulnerable to exclusion from schools and healthcare. Post navigation Previous Kraaifontein community shaken after six people die in separate shootingsNext IN THE KNOW | Lamola on SA vs Israel at ICJ, ANC succession & Malema’s removal from ANCYL