Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says the unabridged birth certificates is one of the few measures put in place to protect children.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says children who's parents are of other nationalities cannot be recognised as South Africans, even if they are born within the South African borders.

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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged ANC delegates at the 12th Gauteng Provincial conference in Pretoria not to blame each other for the party's 10% loss of support in the province at the May polls.

One of the most loved South African cross-dressing satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys, says he is grateful of his family and friends.

Most of Uys's satirical work was available in South Africa on video (and still is, on DVD) and so, in spite of government censorship during apartheid, he built up a very large multiracial audience.

Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille says the SA government has deliberately misled the public on their refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace laureates.

Finalist on the SABC 1's One Day Leader, Octavia Shabangu says a leader is not only someone in politics, but every situation requires one.

Independent political analyst, Ralph Mathekga says a community needs to define the type of leaders it wants.

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