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HORROR AFFAIRS: I buried myself and brother on the same day

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Mosima Moloto wants her life back.                  Photo by Ntebatse Masipa
Mosima Moloto wants her life back. Photo by Ntebatse Masipa

WHEN her younger brother died in 2019, Mosima Moloto (51) buried her brother but, she insists, she did not bury herself!

But according to Home Affairs she buried her brother and on the same day she buried herself. According to their records, she’s dead.

Mosima from Rondebult in Ekurhuleni said Home Affairs cancelled her from the registry of the living. She has been fighting to prove her existence to Home Affairs for more than two years.

“This affects my life badly. Wherever I go I am told that I’m dead. I can’t get jobs. I can’t start my own business because of the cloud hanging over my head. I’m suffering for Home Affairs’ mistake,” she said.

Mosima, who was born in Limpopo, said she went to Home Affairs many times but nothing happens. “I have submitted request documents. I was even told to go to a doctor to write a letter that I’m still alive.”

She said before her nightmare started she had been doing well.

“I had my life planned but this thing came and turned my life upside down,” she said.

She buried her brother Semenya Yenus Moloto in 2019.

“I still miss my brother but Home Affairs has made my pain a lot worse.”

Home Affairs spokesman David Hlabane said they would rectify her living status and help Mosima with her ID problem.

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