A young man from Duncan Village claims he has been unable to further his studies or find a decent job after being given the wrong ID number three times.
Khanyiso Ningi, who now has three identity documents, said the first two ID books he was issued with had the wrong day and month of birth and the third had the wrong year of birth.
The Department of Home Affairs has distanced itself from any wrongdoing and blamed Ningi for providing incorrect information.
Ningi said he first applied for an ID book in 2006 when he was doing matric but it came back with the incorrect birth month and date.
Ningi said he was born on March 2 1987.
“With my first ID document, the month and date were twisted around. Instead of having the second of the third month, it said I was born on the third of the second month,” he said.
Ningi said he went back to home affairs to rectify the problem but it came back with the same incorrect ID number.
“This really frustrated me because after I passed my matric I wanted to study information technology but I could not apply because the ID numbers did not correspond with the correct date of birth on my matric certificate,” he said.
Ningi said he reapplied in 2009 and the date and month was corrected, but the year was wrong, saying he was born in 1983.
“I have applied at two colleges and I was accepted at one of them, however, when they scrutinised my ID number, they saw it did not match my matric certificate and I was rejected.
“The same happens when I apply for a job,” said Ningi, who now works as an ink-filler at a company in Berea that specialises in printing.
The provincial manager at the department, Gcinile Mabulu said after investigating Ningi’s claims they found the department was not at fault, but the client.
“The client abused the system on several visitations by providing false information for reasons best known to him,” Mabulu said.
Mabulu said it was Ningi who requested his birth year be changed from 1987 to 1983.
Ningi claims he never issued any document that stated he was born in 1983. — arethal@dispatch.co.za
Bungled IDs leaves man hopeless
Khanyiso Ningi, who now has three identity documents, said the first two ID books he was issued with had the wrong day and month of birth and the third had the wrong year of birth.
The Department of Home Affairs has distanced itself from any wrongdoing and blamed Ningi for providing incorrect information.
Ningi said he first applied for an ID book in 2006 when he was doing matric but it came back with the incorrect birth month and date.
Ningi said he was born on March 2 1987.
“With my first ID document, the month and date were twisted around. Instead of having the second of the third month, it said I was born on the third of the second month,” he said.
Ningi said he went back to home affairs to rectify the problem but it came back with the same incorrect ID number.
“This really frustrated me because after I passed my matric I wanted to study information technology but I could not apply because the ID numbers did not correspond with the correct date of birth on my matric certificate,” he said.
Ningi said he reapplied in 2009 and the date and month was corrected, but the year was wrong, saying he was born in 1983.
“I have applied at two colleges and I was accepted at one of them, however, when they scrutinised my ID number, they saw it did not match my matric certificate and I was rejected.
“The same happens when I apply for a job,” said Ningi, who now works as an ink-filler at a company in Berea that specialises in printing.
The provincial manager at the department, Gcinile Mabulu said after investigating Ningi’s claims they found the department was not at fault, but the client.
“The client abused the system on several visitations by providing false information for reasons best known to him,” Mabulu said.
Mabulu said it was Ningi who requested his birth year be changed from 1987 to 1983.
Ningi claims he never issued any document that stated he was born in 1983. — arethal@dispatch.co.za
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