Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Department of Home Affairs
Table 2.1 Programme/service map: Department of Home Affairs
Programme/
service
Description of the
programme/actual
service provided
Targeted beneficiaries/
qualifying criteria/how to
obtain the service
Delivery mechanism/
service providers
Birth
registration i
The birth of every
child that is born alive
in South Africa must
be registered with the
DoHA within 30 days of
the birth.
Upon the registration
of the birth, a birth
certificate is issued.
The first unabridged
birth certificate is free.
Targeted beneficiaries
All children
Documents required
child (either a birth
notification certificate
from the hospital
where the baby was
born or the Road to
Health Card)
document
document and the
presence of the
father himself at the
registration service
delivery point if the
mother and father
are not married and
the baby is to be
registered in the
father’s name
father’s marriage
certificate
take these documents
to Home Affairs and
complete a B1-24
Application for Birth
form.
The parents of the
child must register the
birth of the baby at
any DoHA office or
service point.
Birth registration is
done at all five tiers
of service delivery.
The five tiers are:
service points and
Thusong centres;
sites.
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