By Maja Lazić While there is a clear, legal definition of statelessness, the real number of stateless people in the world is not as clear, and the reality of their lives even less visible. Without citizenship of any country, stateless people […]
Press statement: On 27 February 2023, the Gauteng High Court handed down judgment in favour of Tebogo Khoza, ordering the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to register Tebogo’s birth in terms of the Birth and Deaths Registration Act, to declare […]
By Tamsin Metelerkamp The Department of Home Affairs has been given 30 days to register the birth of Tebogo Khoza, a stateless man born in South Africa. The Pretoria high court found that since Khoza first attempted to have his […]
By Kioko Nyamasyo The Kenyan government will finally recognise the Pemba Community as citizens thanks to President William Ruto’s intervention. This is after national registration exercise of the community kicked off in Kilifi County on Wednesday, February 1. The exercise […]
By Frank Hersey The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma Namba, the national biometric ID card, is cut dramatically. The National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS), generally known as […]
By Eric Nana Yaw Kwafo The Minority in Parliament has made a strong argument why it is against the decision by the Electoral Commission (NDC) to rely on only the Ghana Card for voter registration. In a new Constitutional Instrument […]
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), have held a Ghanaian Citizenship ceremony for two of the three last-known living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The two, 108-year-old Viola Fletcher, and her […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 1 — The government has commenced the registration of over 5,000 members of the Pemba Community ahead of conferment of Kenyan citizenship following President William Ruto’s directive. Speaking in Kilifi County on Wednesday, Immigration and Citizen Services […]
By Molemo Mothoa Home Affairs has again been urged to ensure that the National Health Laboratory Service conducts free DNA tests for indigent South Africans where such a test is required to prove one’s South African citizenship. This follows the […]
Judgment declaring the applicant, a child born in South Africa in 1997 of a mother who was an irregular migrant at the time of his birth (but died while he was a child), and an unknown father, to be a […]
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has ended the agony of three minors, who were stateless and unable to pursue their educational exploits after failing to obtain birth certificates. Two of the three minor children, whose mothers passed away in […]
Phindile Mazibuko hasn’t been able to travel, open a bank account or apply for citizenship for more than 10 years after Home Affairs flagged her ID document. Thousands of other people are in the same situation. By Dianne Hawker When […]