Fingerprints for ID demanded from a woman without arms
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The department of home affairs has failed to put in place a system that will help people with disabilities to get identity documents, the SA Human Rights Commission said.
Spokesman Vincent Moaga said the commission was concerned the department had requested that a woman with no arms could not get an ID unless she was fingerprinted.
Victoria Modise, 37, of Diepkloof Zone, Soweto, who lost her ID last year, applied for a replacement but was told she needed to be fingerprinted.
The hallmark of a good system is that it can deal with edge cases. Whoever thought this one up shouldn’t even be allowed to tie his own shoelaces.
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