By David Bilchitz and Reuven Ziegler An apartheid-era relic which allowed the minority white government to strip Bantustan residents and exiled freedom fighters of their South African citizenship is being challenged in the Supreme Court of Appeal. Believe it or […]
By Ayang Macdonald The National Identification and Registration Bill 2022, a piece of draft legislation which seeks to introduce a single and integrated biometric national identification system (NIS) for all persons living on South African territory, has been approved by […]
THE Attorney General (AG) has submitted three objections to ask the High Court to throw out proceedings on dual citizenship, citing irregularities in the oaths of the applicants and violation of section 4 of the Basic Rights and Duties Enforcement […]
Dar es Salaam. The government has opposed a constitutional petition in which six Tanzanians who live and work abroad are challenging sections of the law that prohibit dual citizenship. Through preliminary objections, state lawyers want the High Court to dismiss […]
It’s one of the major misstep of the Arusha’s white elephant, also known as the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). A year ago, its Arusha branch sent eight acquitted and released Rwandan persons to Niger, but Niger then said it […]
By Obediah Johnson The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Dee Maxwell Kemayah has announced the revision of its national passports in keeping with the dual citizenship law passed in the country. It can be […]
GN 96 of 2023 Providing for registration of aliens — including legal residents, refugees, & stateless persons — as well as Tanzanian citizens. Download: Tanzania Registration and Identification of Persons (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Forty-Second Ordinary Session 15 – 16 February 2023 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EX.CL/Dec.1189-1216(XLII) EX.CL/Decl.1(XLII) Original: English/French Extract: EX.CL/Dec.1190(XLII) DECISION ON THE REPORTS OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEES (STCs) AND OTHER MINISTERIAL MEETINGS […] 45. FURTHER APPROVES the proposal of […]
Extracts relevant to Africa: Implementation of the Global Action Plan Action 1: Resolve existing major situations of statelessness On 12 December, during Kenya’s 59th Jamhuri Day (Independence day) celebrations, President Dr. William Ruto announced that the Government will “initiate modalities […]
By Goitsemodimo Kaelo The Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs has granted citizenship to 16 foreign investors during the last five years. The minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Annah Mokgethi told parliament recently that the majority of those granted […]
Following the recent decisions in Centre for Child Law v The Director-General and Others in High Court a quo, on appeal before a Full Bench, and ultimately at the Constitutional Court, the Births and Deaths Registration Act (BDRA) has undergone significant changes that […]
Many don’t know that securing foreign citizenship could strip them of their right to SA citizenship, unless they apply directly to the home affairs minister by STEFANIE DE SAUDE DARBANDI The number of South Africans emigrating, or planning to do […]