{"id":24032,"date":"2019-10-14T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=24032"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:21:18","slug":"botswana-ministry-to-investigate-matshelagabedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/botswana-ministry-to-investigate-matshelagabedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana: Ministry to Investigate Matshelagabedi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cite class=\"byline\">By Thamani Shabani<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-body\">\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">Francistown \u2014 The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Mr Ngaka Ngaka, has resolved to send officers to Matshelagabedi to investigate a citizenship issue affecting some residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">This was after it emerged during a kgotla meeting he addressed in the village recently that some residents did not have Omang because they had dual citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">The minister said it was clear that most people residing along the border such as those of Matshelagabedi had not renounced citizenship of other countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">However, he said those who were resident in Botswana before independence were not required to apply for citizenship because they were considered Batswana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">Mr Ngaka did the same in Etsha 6 exercise in the Okavango Sub-district because most of the residents were from Angola, while those of Matshelagabedi were from Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"46\">On other issues, Minister Ngaka explained that it was not a guarantee that if a person had stayed in Botswana for the stipulated period, they would automatically get citizenship, adding that such people were required to have a residence permit before applying for a Botswana citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"38\">He said the Citizenship Act requires that a person residing in Botswana should have a residence permit for a period of five years and thereafter one could be given a second permit for another five years upon request.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"15\">The minister said such a person would therefore be eligible to apply for a citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"15\">Read further: <a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201910140791.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201910140791.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Thamani Shabani Francistown \u2014 The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Mr Ngaka Ngaka, has resolved to send officers to Matshelagabedi to investigate a citizenship issue affecting some residents. 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