Zwelakhe Mda v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (Constitutional Case No.4 of 2014) [2014] LSHC 30 (24 September 2014)<\/p>\n
Civil Procedure \u2013 Application procedure \u2013 Dispute of fact \u2013 Urgency \u2013 Constitutional Litigation rules.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Constitutional law \u2013 Arbitrary deprivation of citizenship status unjustified and wrongful refusal to replace expiring passport violates citizen\u2019s constitutional right to freedom of movement, particularly not to be refused entry to or exit from one\u2019s country \u2013 such a right would be empty without a concomitant right not to be deprived of the document which makes such movement possible – Withdrawal of citizenship \u2013 lawful only when done in compliance with law and procedure. Evidence-Admissibility and evidential weight of public documents \u2013 whether a birth certificate is a public document \u2013 whether a passport is a public document.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n