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Locked in, trapped out

Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 88 words · By Nathi; UBUNTOONS
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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Born here, invisible here: the stateless children Home Affairs refuses to count.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Born here, invisible here: the stateless children Home Affairs refuses to count”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the issue of stateless children and the Department of Home Affairs' failure to provide nationality or registration. This is supported by a news report regarding systemic chaos and a court confirmation that the Department of Home Affairs deemed regulations for stateless children unnecessary for 20 years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The minister of home affairs is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with responsibility for the Department of Home Affairs. This position is currently filled by Leon Schreiber, who was appoint…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(Sout…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of Home Affairs is a department of the South African government. It is the custodian of the identity of all South African citizens. Home Affairs is responsible for, among other things, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Home_Affairs_(So…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public secur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_ministry
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Claim 2: “Swallowed by darkness — how a Joburg suburb’s vandalised streetlights empower criminals”
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The claim is supported by a cross-reference to Daily Maverick, but the other web search results provide only general definitions of 'vandalism' and do not provide independent reporting or confirmation of the specific situation in the Johannesburg suburb.
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web search NEUTRAL — VANDALIZED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of vandalize 2. to intentionally damage property belonging to…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vandaliz…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property. [1] The term includes property damage, such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any propert…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Synonyms for VANDALIZED: destroyed, defaced, damaged, demolished, smashed, ruined, trashed, violated; Antonyms of VANDALIZED: protected, preserved, saved, built, conserved, salvaged, rebu…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vandalized
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