South African Man Shares Surprising Discovery on His Child’s Birth Certificate in a Video

South African Man Shares Surprising Discovery on His Child’s Birth Certificate in a Video

  • One man was stunned by what he saw on his child's birth certificate, and he took to social media to show it off
  • The gentleman inquired for more knowledge on the subject as he posed a question to his viewers in a clip
  • South Africans were shocked to see what was written on the birth certificate as they rushed to the comments section to express their thoughts

A man could not fully comprehend what was written on his child's birth certificate, so he took it to TikTok to show it off.

A TikTok video shows a man unveiling his child's birth certificate.
A man was surprised by an unexpected detail on his child’s birth certificate. Image: @lebogangmokubela
Source: TikTok

Man shows off his child's birth certificate, says born in "wedlock"

One gentleman who goes by the TikTok handle @lebogangmokubela took to the video platform to show off his child's birth certificate, which he could not fully understand. The man revealed that he went to Home Affairs to collect his child's birth certificate. As he was double-checking to verify if all the information on the document was written correctly, he came upon a section that said the child was "born into wedlock."

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@lebogangmokubela was stunned by the document as he quickly posed a question to his viewers if saying:

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"When did we get here that birth certificates are now saying whether a child is born in a marriage or not, and is this normal or what," he asked in his video.

He went on to explain that when his first child, his daughter, was born in 2019 before he married his wife, her birth certificates did not have anything written under the endorsement, but instead, it simply said "none."

Watch the video below:

Mzansi weigh in on the man's video

Many people took to the comments section to express their thoughts on the birth certificate, while others shared what was written on their children's birth certificates.

Onkgopotse said KKay'sssonline Store added:

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"Mine is written, "Father ran away."

Khumo Mwase wrote:

"My second born’s one says “Parents acknowledge paternity”.. It’s wild!!"

Cici commented:

"They’re so wrong for this."

Misshoney cracked a joke, saying:

"Check mine says non am going back to home affairs; they must write absent father."

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Briefly News previously reported that a woman had given birth to twins at 56, and a video of her babies has gone viral. In the short clip posted on TikTok, the woman reportedly last gave birth 26 years ago.

Since then, she appeared to have been waiting for more children, but it wasn't coming.

Source: Briefly News

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Johana Mukandila (Editor) Johana Tshidibi Mukandila has been a Human Interest Reporter at Briefly News since 2023. She holds a national diploma in journalism from the Cape Peninsula University Of Technology (2023). She has worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, PAICTA, BONA Magazine and Albella Music Production. She is currently furthering her education in journalism at the CPUT. She has passed a set of trainings from Google News Initiative. Reach her at johana.mukandila@briefly.co.za