{"id":24087,"date":"2019-10-17T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=24087"},"modified":"2019-10-18T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:04:08","slug":"botswana-citizenship-appeal-cases-common-in-border-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/botswana-citizenship-appeal-cases-common-in-border-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana: Citizenship Appeal Cases Common in Border Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cite class=\"byline\">By Portia Ikgopoleng<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-body\">\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">Siviya \u2014 The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Mr Ngaka Ngaka, says appeals on citizenship issuance are common in villages along the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">Addressing a kgotla meeting in Siviya in North East District, Mr Ngaka said some residents faced challenges when applying for citizenship for their children who were born of dual nationalities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"16\">He stated that it was common that Batswana from those villages had children with foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"40\">Mr Ngaka stressed that it should be noted that a child born by a Motswana and a foreigner qualified for dual citizenship, however, that child was required by law to renounce one of the two nationalities upon turning 21 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">The minister stated that many Batswana still failed to exercise this law because they did not visit the civil and national registration office when they reached 21 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"43\">Mr Ngaka said such cases where the child was born of a Motswana and a foreigner, the child would be issued an Omang when she\/he turns 16 years but the Omang would be valid for five years rather than the standard 10 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"31\">The minister stated that one of the common cases his ministry was dealing with was where women bear children with foreigners and the fathers abandon the child without leaving a trace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"24\">Therefore, he said that made it difficult for the mother to trace the child&#8217;s paternal roots becoming a challenge for that child to renounce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"24\">Read further:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201910180022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201910180022.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Portia Ikgopoleng Siviya \u2014 The Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Mr Ngaka Ngaka, says appeals on citizenship issuance are common in villages along the border. 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