Naturalised South African citizens hold the same privileges as any other citizen, so why are they not entitled to ID cards? by Ray Leathern Following our trending story on smart ID card applications, The South African has been inundated with […]
Cet atelier de trois jours a pour but de vulgariser les textes sur l’état civil, les procédures légales d’établissement de ces actes et enfin l’organisation et le fonctionnement de l’Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANATS). Le choix des journalistes comme […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has aborted plans to use a new Constitutional Instrument (C.I) to govern the 2024 General Election. This means that the Ghana Card will not be the sole identity document for the next voters’ registration exercise ahead […]
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality on their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR.1 Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual background note on gender equality in provisions […]
The home affairs ministry has drafted two pieces of legislation to cater to South Africans who came to Namibia in the 1980s and missed the one-year deadline at independence that allowed them to renounce citizenship of any other country. *Fiona, […]
THE REGISTRAR-General (RG) has been ordered to end the statelessness dilemma of two minor children by registering their births and issue them with birth certificates within one week, after he and his subordinates had refused to do so for several […]
By Bronwen Manby On 17 February 2024, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) formally adopted a Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Specific Aspects of the Right […]
By GRACIOUS DANIEL TRADITIONAL leaders in Zimbabwe will now have the authority to register marriages and issue birth and death certificates in a landmark development that seeks to eliminate statelessness. This was revealed by vice-president of the National Council of […]
By Lerato Mutsila Thousands of people cannot access healthcare or education after Home Affairs decided in 2012 to block their ‘suspicious’ identity documents. In 2012, the Department of Home Affairs embarked on a mass drive to block South African identity […]
By Lizeka Tandwa Former president Thabo Mbeki has criticised Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection in a letter written to the department, calling for it to be improved. In a letter seen by […]
Immanuel, Andrea Marilyn Pragashini. 2023. “The Right to Nationality of the Saharawis and Their Legal Identity Documents.” Citizenship Studies 27 (7): 914–32. doi:10.1080/13621025.2024.2321722. ABSTRACT The Western Sahara territory is a non-self-governing territory under international law with an ongoing struggle for […]
Zaina Jninasamedi Le Comité de Suivi des recommandations du Comité des Nations Unies pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale a récemment sonné l’alarme, appelant à des réformes législatives concrètes pour garantir l’égalité des sexes en matière de transmission de la […]