Adopted children in limbo as home affairs changes rules

20 October 2019 - 00:03 By TANIA BROUGHTON and DAN MEYER

US mother Amanda Kick came to SA three months ago to finalise the adoption of her two-year-old daughter and complete her dream family. But Kick and her little girl are trapped here because of department of home affairs bureaucracy...

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