WIDOW OF ZIM MAN WINS DEATH CERTIFICATE FIGHT IN SA COURT

 The widow of a late Zimbabwean man, who she claimed had
obtained South African citizenship, asked the Gauteng High Court to overturn a
decision by the Department of Home Affairs not to issue a death certificate.

Sylvia Melaphi, a mother of three, eve…

 The widow of a late Zimbabwean man, who she claimed had obtained South African citizenship, asked the Gauteng High Court to overturn a decision by the Department of Home Affairs not to issue a death certificate. Sylvia Melaphi, a mother of three, eventually obtained the death certificate for her husband Robert Melaphi more than a year and a half after his death. The department was adamant that