Zimbabwe: Mudede sued over dual citizenship
Published: 16/Feb/2018
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
Zimbabweans who have been denied dual citizenship are challenging the government to respect their constitutional rights, arguing that they risk being disenfranchised in general elections slated for July.
By Hazel Ndebele
Nearly three million Zimbabweans, including evicted white commercial farmers, have left the country since the turn of the millennium, seeking better prospects abroad. A sluggish commitment to electoral reforms has over the years disqualified them from exercising their right to vote.
Most Zimbabwean citizens who have been denied citizenship by the Registrar-General’s Office have since turned to the courts to try and resolve the matter.
In one such court case, which will be heard by Judge President George Chiweshe on March 8, the applicant, Brian Shaw, through his lawyers Nyakutombwa Mugabe Legal Counsel, is seeking a High Court order to assert his right to citizenship.
The matter has been ongoing since July 28 last year, but the Registrar-General’s Office has been denying Shaw his citizenship as it maintains that he could only claim Zimbabwean citizenship after renouncing his South African citizenship.
Read further: https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2018/02/16/mudede-sued-dual-citizenship/