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My child's life is in limbo: Eastern Cape single dad on registering his daughter's birth

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Wesley Hayes and his daughter Justine who was born via surrogate. (Photo: Tracy Roux)
Wesley Hayes and his daughter Justine who was born via surrogate. (Photo: Tracy Roux)

Becoming a dad is one of the best things to ever happen to him – he’d always wanted to have a family of his own and refused to believe not having a partner should kill his dream.

So Wesley Hayes from Komani, formerly Queenstown, in the Eastern Cape turned to a surrogate and now has a beautiful baby girl in his life.

But nearly a year after little Justine arrived, Wesley, who is a lawyer, is still unable to register her birth with the department of home affairs – and without registration she basically has no identity. 

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