Dear nairalanders.

I wish to take my wife to south africa to have our baby, We need all the directions please,which hospital to go(Govt. or Private)
how to procure the birth certificate and south african passport,how much the hospital bill will cost.
How to get cheap accomodation for like a month of our stay there.Every info will really be appreciated.
Any south african city information will be welcomed for us to go.We will be travelling from nigeria.

Regards All,

Your rssponse and advise needed please,

dread247:

Dear nairalanders.

I wish to take my wife to south africa to have our baby, We need all the directions please,which hospital to go(Govt. or Private)
how to procure the birth certificate and south african passport,how much the hospital bill will cost.
How to get cheap accomodation for like a month of our stay there.Every info will really be appreciated.
Any south african city information will be welcomed for us to go.We will be travelling from nigeria.

Regards All,

Why not get these info directly from a hospital in SA? The cost of giving birth in their hospital and if they have resident accommodation or a hotel close to their hospital? Just use Google and search: Hospitals in SA then contact them.

You don't mention anything about passport to them until you get their and your wife deliver first then u start the next step.

Predicated on the need for good med attention or child's SA citizenship? just asking

Use website like this to get an idea

http://community.babycentre.co.uk/post/a3717985/whats_it_like_giving_birth_in_sa

Keep the issue of passport out of it else you will get nowhere with it

:/

malaika:

I would strongly recommend that you go the private hospital route, unless you want your wife to compete with thousands of Zim pregnant women for a bed to deliver on.

3 main private hospital groups:
http://www.netcare.co.za/live/netcare_content.php?Item_ID=889&Region_ID=1
http://www.mediclinic.co.za/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.lifehealthcare.co.za/

The good thing about these websites is that you can even do a search for Gynae/Ob names and you'll find many Nigerian doctors' names, which I think you'd be more comfortable with.

I'd say for starters stick to Gauteng province (Jo'burg & Pretoria), you'll land in Johannesburg and to/from the airport would be a taxi / Gautrain ride and you'll most likely find a decent hotel nearby if you enquire from the hospital or doctor's rooms. Good luck!

@Op here you have it ^^^^. Good luck.

In terms of the cost in the private hospital,prices ranges between R7000 to R25000.
Also check this SA forum on this matter
http://www.rainbownation.com/community/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1781

thanks Justwise, Mailaika and RSA your comment and advise has helped releived
some tension, I really appreciate.

dread247:

Dear nairalanders.

I wish to take my wife to south africa to have our baby, We need all the directions please,which hospital to go(Govt. or Private)
how to procure the birth certificate and south african passport,how much the hospital bill will cost.
How to get cheap accomodation for like a month of our stay there.Every info will really be appreciated.
Any south african city information will be welcomed for us to go.We will be travelling from nigeria.

Regards All,

You or your wife has to be a South African citizen or have a PR permit, if not then your newborn will not get SA citizenship. So the passport thing won't work out. Your baby would have to get citizenship by naturalization which involves staying in the country for a number of years.

www.dha.gov.za/

The private hospitals will break your bank balance. Those places are only good if you have medical insurance. I suggest you go to places like Bloemfontien, Polokwane, Mbombela, Mafikeng and other smaller cities where the public hospitals are not so crowded

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_South_Africa

Thanks Paniki , i appreciate your comment, This Permit and South African citizenship thing
will be a major set back, Is there anyway we can go around it?, I am really concerned now.

dread247:

Thanks Paniki , i appreciate your comment, This Permit and South African citizenship thing
will be a major set back, Is there anyway we can go around it?, I am really concerned now.

There's a way around everything but the law titled South African Citizenship Act, 1995 (Act 88 of 1995) states that a child born in South Africa to foreign nationals will receive the citizenship of their parents. When home affairs captures a new birth on the national population register, the system they use requires them to link that new capture to a existing citizen who's already on the register. If you and your wife are not on the register as SA citizens or permanent residence permit holders then your child will be given a birth certificate but wont be captured on the population register which is what gives citizenship. The law also kind of prohibits dual citizenship without saying so clearly and with that the home affairs department regularly deletes people who have other passports from the population register, which makes them lose their SA citizenship.

This article might help you
http://www.polity.org.za/article/south-african-citizenship-and-the-2010-citizenship-amendment-bill-2010-07-28

Just some questions paniki,

1, Who issues birthcertificate and the process?
2.Do they need the details(names e.t.c) of the parents to issue the birthcertificate?
3.Are the details names(e.t.c) of the parents written in the birthcertificate?

Thanks again for your vivid explanations,

1. Home Affairs: you go there and fill out a notice of birth form like this [url]http://www.southafrica-newyork.net/homeaffairs/forms/BI%2024.pdf[/url] which becomes the "vault birth certificate" kept by home affairs in its archives
2. Yes
3. Yes (for unabridged certificate)

Paniki you are a genius thanks alot

E don be for Nigeria o. People now going to SA to give birth

hi

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SAfulfill thanks for your response.

dread247:

SAfulfill thanks for your response.

Why would you want a South African citizenship for your child?
anyway, it is not even possible unless you or/and your wife are already SA citizens.
Outside of the passport issue which is ruled out, what exactly is your reason for wanting to go give birth in SA?

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