{"id":37382,"date":"2022-03-01T15:54:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/?p=37382"},"modified":"2023-01-18T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:57:30","slug":"foreign-nationals-kids-born-in-south-africa-can-be-denied-citizenship-but-foreigners-may-work-in-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/foreign-nationals-kids-born-in-south-africa-can-be-denied-citizenship-but-foreigners-may-work-in-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign nationals\u2019 kids born in South Africa can be denied citizenship, but foreigners may work in government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"hero\" class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"region region-hero\">\n<div id=\"block-africacheckhero\" class=\"block block-africa-check block-page-hero-block\">\n<div class=\"hero__content hero__content--has-image\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\">\n<div class=\"cell\">\n<p class=\"lede\"><em>After a minister said children born in South Africa to migrants could be denied citizenship, a Twitter user claimed all government employees had to be South Africans with South African parents.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"main-content grid-container\">\n<section class=\"cell\">\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-mainpagecontent\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-rw-article article--type-reports node--promoted node--view-mode-full full is-en\" role=\"article\" data-history-node-id=\"11527\">\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\">\n<div class=\"cell medium-8 article--main\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-report-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<ul>\n<li>Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said there was no obligation to grant citizenship to children born to foreign nationals in South Africa.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s true that if both parents are foreign nationals, South Africa doesn\u2019t have to give their child citizenship. But it is required to if by denying citizenship a person would become stateless. And a child of foreigners born and raised in the country can apply for naturalisation at 18.<\/li>\n<li>A Twitter user responded to Motsoaledi by adding that jobs in \u201call spheres of government\u201d could only go to people born in South Africa with South African parents. An expert dismissed this as \u201cerrant nonsense\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Is South Africa not obliged to grant citizenship to children born to foreign nationals in South Africa? That\u2019s the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.702.co.za\/articles\/437463\/united-nations-confirms-sa-not-obliged-to-give-citizenship-because-of-birth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0claim minister of home affairs<\/a>\u00a0Dr Aaron Motsoaledi made on Radio 702 in late January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Motsoaledi said the only exception was if the child would become stateless if they didn\u2019t get citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Radio 702\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Radio702\/status\/1486327858150756358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted his comments in a tweet<\/a>\u00a0that was then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victoriaafrica9\/status\/1486397910589837313?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quote-tweeted<\/a>\u00a0by another user. That user claimed that \u201cthe law says for anyone to serve at any gov spheres, they must be born in SA &amp; both parents must be South African\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victoriaafrica9\/status\/1486397910589837313?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The tweet continued<\/a>: \u201cWe are coming for those who work in chapter 9 institutions. We are coming for those who are holding key positions in gov.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Is Motsoaledi right about denying citizenship to children of foreign parents? And is the Twitter user right that only people born in South Africa to South African parents can get government jobs? We checked.<\/p>\n<p>Read further: <a href=\"https:\/\/africacheck.org\/fact-checks\/reports\/foreign-nationals-kids-born-south-africa-can-be-denied-citizenship-foreigners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/africacheck.org\/fact-checks\/reports\/foreign-nationals-kids-born-south-africa-can-be-denied-citizenship-foreigners<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a minister said children born in South Africa to migrants could be denied citizenship, a Twitter user claimed all government employees had to be South Africans with South African parents. Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said there was no obligation to grant citizenship to children born to foreign nationals in South Africa. 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