APPENDIX 1: JCT CASE FILES CASE 1 (Bindura) XXX is a 16 year old boy who is a double orphan. He says that he is told he was born at Glendale Hospital on 6 January 1991. His mother’s name was ZZ and his father was called XY. His mother, who came from Mozambique, died there when he was in Grade 2. His father passed away when he was aged 5. He does not know whether or not his father‘s relatives have his father’s death certificate. XXX says that he grew up feeding on handouts from well-wishers. Currently he lives with a friend’s grandmother. He does not know any of his father’s relatives and is not in touch or contact with anyone he might even remotely call a relative. He says he is told that his father came from Chief Mutandiri Nhaumadziva in Masembura area. He says that he was informed that his father’s younger wife lives there. Action • • JCT advised XXX to visit the Provincial Registry in Bindura to trace the whereabouts of his parent’s relatives JCT travelled with XXX the RGs office and no records where found in the computer CASE TWO (Chinhoyi) YYY reports that his mother passed away on 3 April 2003. the mother was across border trader who used to go to Botswana to buy wares for resale. She has a birth certificate which was obtained using her aunt’s name as the mother because the late mother had no birth certificate when YYY need to be registered for her to enter school. She is currently in Form 1 at Chemagamba School, Chinhoyi. YYY states that her mother had bad relations with her family. When the mother was ill noone came to visit her. She says the relatives only came when her mother was critically ill and had been taken to hospital. The mother is said to have written a letter ordering that after her death her property was not to be sold. In September 2007, her maternal grandfather came to take her stating that he wanted to go with her to the rural areas. She was taken to Gadzema, Chinhoyi where she is living with BBB, a cousin brother. YYY says that the maternal grandfather sold her mother’s assets except for the refrigerator, the TV and some plates. She sold the wardrobe, Birth Registration Research Report/2007 48