By Victoria O’Regan Debates about Sowetan-born, former Miss South Africa contestant Chidimma Adetshina’s nationality have prompted questions about South African citizenship. What does it mean to be South African in terms of the law? Citizenship, in the legal sense, means […]
Justice Lawrence Mugambi lifted stay order saying it’s no longer in public interest to stop the process. In Summary The Judge had on July 25, issued orders stopping any further roll out of the digital card. One of his reasons […]
By Dzuya Walter The Milimani High Court has overturned earlier orders that had suspended the implementation of the Unique Personal Identifier, also known as the Maisha Namba. In its Monday decision, the court stated that the government demonstrated that suspending […]
10 août 2024. Sur les 164 millions d’enfants non enregistrés à travers le monde, plus de la moitié, soit environ 91 millions, vit en Afrique ; et environ 6 enfants sur 10, soit 116 millions, ne possèdent pas d’acte de naissance[i]. […]
By Zuwena Shame THE Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has urged the law reform institutions to repeal Section 37 of the Constitution Act, which relates to amending citizenship law and its procedures. Dr Anna Henga, the LHRC executive director, […]
Ce texte, qui doit encore être promulgué par le président Patrice Talon, donnera la possibilité d’obtenir la citoyenneté béninoise à « toute personne qui, d’après sa généalogie, a un ascendant […] déporté dans le cadre de la traite des Noirs […]
In a first-of-its-kind event, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with subject matter experts Mr. Ibrahima Kane and Dr. Bronwen Manby, hosted a continental meeting to discuss next steps towards the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on […]
The Department of Home Affairs herewith provides an update on the ongoing investigation into the citizenship of Chidimma Adetshina, a contestant in the upcoming Miss SA event. The reason for the ongoing nature of the investigation is that its scope […]
By Envaalde Matheus Namibia’s home affairs minister has tabled a bill that will grant people born with South West Africa (SWA) identification documents (IDs) full Namibian citizenship. Up to now, many of these individuals have been unable to get Namibian […]
Zimbabweans living in South Africa say the hike in the price of Zimbabwean passports is contributing to more of them being in the country illegally. On Tuesday, a group of Zimbabweans and some South Africans marched to the Zimbabwean embassy […]
To provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by naturalisation for holders of South West Africa identification documents; to provide for a process for application for acquisition of Namibian citizenship by birth or descent of the […]
By Ayang Macdonald The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced that biometric voter registration will begin next month as part of preparations for the country’s general elections slated for September 16, 2025. MEC Chairperson, Justice Annabel Mtalimanja, made the announcement […]