Par Vincent Duhem L’arrestation, le 17 juillet, d’Abbas Badreddine, un homme d’affaires d’origine libanaise très en vue suspecté d’acquisition frauduleuse de la nationalité et de trafic de passeports, a défrayé la chronique. L’épilogue d’une longue enquête qui a mis au […]
• La fraude à la nationalité pourrait concerner près de 120 000 passeports. Au moins 25 000 sont retrouvés. Ils concernent 10 000 Nigérians, 8 000 Syriens, des Libanais et des personnes d’autres nationalités, dont des Marocains. • Pour réussir […]
By Masoka Dube A Limpopo woman who previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry blames her poor heart condition, which resulted in her undergoing surgery on the Department of Home Affairs. This was as a result of a “flawed” identity document […]
By KITSEPILE NYATHI A draft law meant to tighten rules on election candidacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being seen as a tool to ring-fence President Felix Tshisekedi’s second term ahead of scheduled elections in December. The proposed […]
Extract On 26 September, the United Nations Committee of the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) conducted a pre-sessional review of South Africa. This review provided an opportunity for the CRC to engage directly with children and children’s rights advocates, […]
Beginning from October 2, 2023 a ‘Maisha Namba’ will be issued to every new born in Kenya, marking the beginning of a revolutionary change in the registration of persons in the country. Maisha Namba, a Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) shall […]
WINDHOEK, 24 SEP (NAMPA) – Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Minister Albert Kawana has said that his ministry is drafting a bill aimed at preventing statelessness and regularising the status of specified categories of stateless and undocumented persons. Speaking […]
Press statement: The Children’s Institute (CI) at the University of Cape Town, represented by the Centre for Child Law (CCL), will on Wednesday 20 September and Thursday 21 September provide evidence as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) to […]
By Masha Barak Somalia has launched its own biometric identity card system with the head of the government expressing hope it will help its citizens overcome a “myriad socioeconomic challenges” as the country struggles with terrorist groups. During the launch […]
Par Salma Hamri Le ministre de la Justice fait encore une fois les gros titres avec un avant-projet de loi qui accorde au conjoint étranger le droit d’acquérir la nationalité par le mariage avec une citoyenne marocaine. Le traitement médiatique […]
By Zelda Venter Pretoria – Lawyers for Human Rights will turn to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria later this month to challenge the conduct of Home Affairs to block certain people’s IDs, leaving them in the cold. The organisation represents […]
By Tania Broughton No ID, no life. This is the fate of many children in South Africa who are victims of their parent’s IDs being “blocked” by the Department of Home Affairs. Their births are never registered or are registered […]